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la  derniire  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
emprelnte. 

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dernlAre  image  de  chaque  microfiche,  salon  ie 
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et  de  haut  en  bas.  en  prenant  la  nombre 
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The  EDITH  and  LORNE  PIERCE 
COLLECTION  0/  CANADIANA 


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Boston,   Halifax,   Hawkesbury  and  ( 


SCREW    STEAMSHIP   "LA   GRANDE    DUCHESSE' 

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riginal  lorclatliers  and  wanders  from  liis  native  heatli 
as  far  as  liis  purse  strings  will  allow  and  whenever  the 
opportunities  offer.    This  spirit  of  exploration,  this  ever- 
strong  instinct  of  tlie  liunian  race  to  i)enetr;ite  into  unknown 
countries,  and  sail  trackless  seas,  led   the  Il'^vptians  three  tliou- 
sand  years  before  Christ  to  build  vessels,  tiie  p'rows  of  which  thev 
decorated  with  carved    imai,res    of  godilesses,  whose   smiles  were 
sought  upon  tlieir  explorations.     It"  led  the  Norsemen  across  the 
great  Atlantic,  and  was  the  ruling  inspiration  of  Columbus,   as  it 
^— fc,       has  been  that  of  all  the  explorers  down  to  the  (iays  of  Livingston,  Gree- 
^^        ley  and  Peary.      It  has  peopled   continents  and 
made  the  deserts  bloom,  createtl  commerce  and 
girdled  tiie  world  with  lines  of  ship  and  rail.     It 
has  made  all  men   brothers,  and   has  wiped  out 
the  intellectual  Ixjundaries  of  the  universe. 
There  is,  perhaps,  no  nation  in  which  this  inl)orn  instinct  to 
travel  is  stronger  than  in  the  American,     do  where  you  will,  vou 
find   the  country  wel)bed  with   railroads,  and    the  stations  and 
trains  filled  with  an  ever-restless  throng.     Stand  upon  the  piers 
and  see  the  ocean  steamers  leave,  tlieir  decks  crowded  with  tour- 
ists, and  the  wharves  with  people  vidio  secretlv  stitli"  the  wisli  that 
they  too  were  going  as  they  bid  the  iiapjiy  travellers /^iv;  ?'(ii'(?a-^. 


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Tlie  spirit  of  travel  is  universal. 
Northerners  <^o  South  for  tiie  win- 
ter, and  Southerners  come  to  the 
Miountains  and  seasliores   of  the 
North  f(jr  tiie  summer,     J-'astcrn 
]ieo|)le  spend  vacation  days  in  the 
West,  and  Westerners  coiiie  East. 
Families   nii|,n-ate  in   summer  as 
rej,rular]\'  as  the  birds  st.irt  south 
at  the  first  motion  of  Jaci<  Frost's 
inai,dc    wand.      Scientists    tell  us 
there  is  life  in  motion  of  inanimate 
nature  ;    and   so,  too,   tliere   must 
be    intellectual   and   piiysical    lifi- 
and  health  in    the  ever-swing-in_L; 
]>endulum  ot  a  movin^r  humanitv. 
Americans     have     disco\-ereil 
within  recent  years  that  there  are 
some  pro\  inces  by  the  sea,  located, 
as  the  mariners  'would  sav,  nor'- 
nor'east  of  us,  which  for  wholesome  cli- 
mate  and   varied  sights  offer  a  greater 
wealth    of  at:ractions    during   summer 
days   tlian     s    pos'sessed    i)y    any    other 
nearby  region.    Geographers  have  given 


"  1  he  tlcit  ul  ij:casure  yachts  uhich  flv  acrnss  the  waves  like  a  flock 
of  «  hite■^vin^■e((  i)lrds." 

to  tliem  liie  name  of  ti.e  .Maritime  J'rov- 
inces,  and  thev  embrace  Nova  Scotia, 
with  outlying  Cape  Breton  Island,  New 
r.runswicic  and  Prince  Edward  Island. 
Tliis  modern  discovery  has  turned  a  great 
tide  of  tourist  travel  toward  their  siiores, 
for  each  returning  traveller  has  told  witli 
ardent  eniliusiasm  of  the  cliarming  cli- 
mate,  the  novel  sigiits  and   scenes,  the 


ll.i  ever-prctcnt  nil.itdiy  in  Halifa.x 


•Shaping  her  course  drwn  the  harbor  whose  shores  u^e  doiteJ 
with  historic  points." 

foreign  atmosphere  and  quaint  customs, 
the  hospitality  of  the  jieople  ;  and  lastlv, 
but    by  no    means    the  least    imjiortant 
tacts,  iliat  the  country  is  but  one  night 
away  from  ISoston,  and  tlie  jourjiev  may 
be  made  in  the   fleetest, 'safest 
ami     most     luxurious     ocean 
steamships,     and    at    an    ex- 
pense so  trifling  that  tlie  tri[) 
is  within  reacli  of  tliose  in  tlie 
most  moderate  circumstanctrs. 
The  interest  ot' tlie  iourney 
to  the  .Matitime  Provinces  be- 
gins the  moment  the  steamer 
takes   on  life  and  the  screws 
start   their  revolutions  at  the 
Boston     wharf.       Slowly    the 
gre.at  ship,  a  veritable  floating 
palace,  draws  away  from    lier 
pier.    Tlie  gay  crowds  on  deck, 
full  of  ilelightful  anticipations 
ot^the  trip,  wave  adieus  to  the 
friends  who  have  thronged  the 
wharf   to    see    tiiem    off;    ant!    then,    as 
the  vessel  shapes  her  course  and  turns 
her  prow  seaward,  tiiose  pn  deck  gather 
in  little  groups  to  enjov  the  varieci  scen- 
ery of  Boston's  beautiful  harbor.     While 
the   city,   with    the   gilded  dome  of  tl  e 
State  I'louse,  and   scores   of  spires    and 
well-known  landmarks,  sink  slowly  into 
the  liorizon,  Castle  Island,  Fort  Warren, 
Fort     Independence    and     other 
points  freighted  with  Revolution- 
ary memories  in  the  harbor  are 
passed    in   rapid  succession,  and 
over  to  the  lel't  a  panoramic  vie-.v 
is  had  of  the  busy  cities  of  y.yiin, 
Revere  Beach,  Swampscott,  Detr 
Island,  Wiiitliropatu!  fa,,hioiKibie 


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Naliant,  with    its    .^harming 
.suiiimer  homes  l)y  the  st-a. 

I'emberton    and    Nantas- 
ket,    tlie    Manhattan     iJeach 
an  J  great  pleasure  resorts  of 
Boston,  are  to  be  seen  to  the 
right  as  the  stately  ship  care- 
fully   makes    her  way  clown 
the  channel  through  {he  lleet 
of  joleasure  yachts  and   fisli- 
ing     sloops,      square-rigged 
ships  and  tramps  of  the  sea  ; 
and  then,  as  the  pilot  shapes 
nis  course  out   betweeh  the 
Tioston      and      twin     lights, 
standing     like    sentinels    at 
either   side  of  the  deep  sea 
gateway    of  Boston  harbor, 
the  horizon  witlens,lhebroail 
Atlantic  unrolls  majestically 
before   you,  and    hi    tempered    breezes 
sweep  across  the  decks,  bringing  roses 

to  faded  cheeks 
I  n  ( 

and    vitality 

to  the  weary. 

A  journey 

l)v    sea    is 

of     itself 

adelight; 


"Thew 


'"'cum.'Jw  ■"'■''i''™""  7^  "'^  l\"^  "ne  ai-e  ail  painted  in  the 
Company  »  colurs,  and  are  the  finest  in  }lalifax  " 

mon  consent  the  ship's companv  becomes 
one  great  family  for  the  time  being.  You 
saunter  about  the  decks,  and  nap  in  easy 
chairs  ;  you  forget  the  busy,  work-a-day 
world  you  have  left  beliind  y&u  and  in- 
terest yourself  in  the  incidents  of  the 
hour.  Now  it  is  a  whale  Sjjouting  over 
to  the  left ;  again  it  is  a  school  of  grace- 
ful ])orpoises  giving  your  vessel  a  race 
for  a  half  mile  or  so  and  then  disappear- 
ing as  suddenly  as  they  came  in  sigl,t. 

You    are    impressed    with    the    per- 
fect   system  .aboard    ship, 
none  better,  even 


"  .loinc  of  tlie  crack  Knsjlish  regiments  are  a'w, 
foniliea  liriiish  sLronghold 

lor  there  is  attached  to  liie  very 
lile  aboard  ship  a  charm  and  nov- 
elty. It  is  refreshing- always  in  its 
absolute  freedom  from  the  noise, 
turmoil  and  dust  of  travel  by  rail, 
no  matter  how  much  luxury  may 
surround  the  latter,  and  nowhere 
else  can  be  iiad  such  complete  re- 
laxation and  uninterrupted  rest. 
You  make  friends  of  your  com- 
jianions  of  th.e  vova'-e.'    By  com- 


riys  statiii-iefl  at  ILilifaN,  whicli  is  the  stroni/est 
on  the  .'.incritan  contiiici.t." 

on  the  crack  ocean  liners  ;  everything  is 
literally  in  "ship  shape,"  and  when  you 
go  below  to  meals  you  will  find  them 
served  in  a  dining  saloon,  the  furnishings 
of  which  are  not  only  in  excellent  taste, 
but  rich  in  wood  ii'nd  tajiestrv.  And 
what  meals  !  The  markets  of  Boston 
and  those  of  Halifax  have  been  levied 
upon.  Delicacies  from  mountain,  brook 
and  meadow  of  Xova  Scotia,  served  with 
tootlisome  meats  from  the  Western  prai- 


"■"he  I'ublic  Gardens  in  Halifax  are  a  bouict-  m1  »,'rcat  pruic  tu  the  citiicna.  and 
are  beautifully  laid  out  and  maintained. 


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whose 


ries  and  the  specialties  of  New 
England,  furnish  a  menu  the  like 
of  which  no  king  or  prince 
of  Europe  can  i)oast. 

You  forget    time  e.xcept 
as  you  may  hear  the  half- 
hours  struck  on  the  ship's 
bell  forward.    The  day  is 
gone    before  you    realize 
it,    and    you    watch 
the  king  of  the  heav- 
ens as  he  slowly 
relinquishes  his 
sceptre    to    the 
stars  and   sinks 
majestically  be- 
low the  watery 
horizon.       And 
then     the     twi- 
light, that  love- 
liest of  all  times 
at  sea,   follows, 
and   night    and 
darkness     close 
in   and   a   hush 
comes  over  ev- 
erything.     You 
hear  naught  but 
the      hum       of 
happy  conversation 

indistinct  th  robbings  of  the  great  engines 
far  below  you,  which  are  driving  the  ship 
with  mighty  energy  along   her   course. 
You    retire    and    say    "good-night"   to 
America,  and  awaken  after  a  glorious 
rest   to   say   "good-morning"   to   Nova 
Scotia,  for  when  you  go  up  on  deck  vou 
see  over  on  the  port  side  the  shores  of 
this  fair  land,  with  here  and  there  a  light- 
house, and  a  village  gleaming  white  in 
the   early  morning's   sun,  with    fleets  of 
fishing      boats 
lying  at  anchor 
or  making  sail 
in  the  cliff-shel- 
tered   harbors. 
And  then   you 
realize  that  you 
are  in  sight  of 
foreign  shores, 
and  have  been 
but   one   night 
out  from   Bos- 
ton ;    that  you 
have      crossed 
the    corner    of 
the  broad  Atlantic  and  are  at  the  thresh- 
old of  one  of  the  most  charmingly  inter- 
esting regions  on  the  continent. 

That  you  have  been  able  to  do  this. 


"  In  the  great  dry  dork  at  Halifax  there  is  most  always  a 
liritish  man-of-war  beinf;  overhauled." 


al)out  vou  and  tlie 


that  this   greai  vacation  land    of 
North  America    is    now  so   easy 
of  access,  is  due  to  the  sagacity, 
oresight,  and    enterprise    of  tlie 
Canada-Atlantic     and     Plant 
Steamship    Line,    universally 
known   as    the    Plant  Line, 
superb     fleet     em- 
I)  r  a  c  e  s       the 
"Grand     Duch- 
ess," the  "  Hali- 
fax" and    "Oli- 
vette."       Three 
round     trips     a 
week  are   made 
between  Boston 
and  Halifax,  and 
one,     a     longer 
one,   between 
Boston      and 
Charlottetown, 
the  capital    and 
chief  city  of 
Prince    Edward 
Island,    by    way 
of   Mawkesbury 
and    the    straits 
of  Ci'iso,  which 
divide  No v a 


Scotia  and  Cape  Breton. 

If  there  is  any  one  man  to  whom 
Americans  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  for 
the  magniticent  plans  he  has  made  to 
enable  people  to  enjoy  the  pleasures  of 
travel,  tiiat  man  is  Henry  li.  Plant,  presi- 
dent of  the  great  and  comprehensive 
Plant  system  of  railroads  and  steamship 
lines.  He  has  not  only  made  a  paradise 
out  of  western  Florida,  but  has  erected 
;it  Tampa  Bay,  at  an  expense  of  more 
than  $2,000,000,  the  most  magnificently 


"The  harbor  reverberates  with  the  heavy  salutes  from  the  ships  of  the  naval  squadron  which 

has  its  rendezvous  at  Halifax," 


lanned  and  luxuriously  furnisiiecl 
j)alace  in  America,  and  has  made 


resort 
it  pos- 
sible by  his  railroad  servictffor  the  trav- 
eller to  reach  there  quickly  and  in  great 


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"1  he  lighl house  which  has  ^ui'led  mnnv  a  craft  to  the 
entrance  of  this  noble  harbor." 

comlori  from  the  chief  ciiies  North  and 
West.  He  lias  made  Winter  Park,  in 
the  lake  rej^nons  of  Florida,  on  ideal  re- 
sort, and  provided  in  the  Seminole  a 
hotel  at  which  the  traveller  from  the 
North  may  tliul  all  the  joys  and  pleas- 
ures of  a  semi-tro])ical  existence.  He 
lias  reached  furtiier  south,  and  tlie 
steamers  of  his  line,  the  favorite  "  Mas- 
cotte  "  and  oiiier  steamsliips,  ]ily  vc>j;u- 
iarly  all  the  \ear  between  Tampa  Hay 
and  Havana,  Cuba,  forming  a  popular 
tourist  route,  and  offering'  a  delightful 
winter's  excursion  to  the  trn]iics  at 
small  expense.  From  Tampa  flay, 
where  he  has  liuilt,  right  ox'er  tiie 
water,  a  good  half  mile  trom  the  shore 
proper,  the  quaint  Tampa  Iniy  Inn, 
steamers  also  make  regularly  ap- 
pointed tours  lo  Jamaica,  affording  a 
chance  to  many  tra\-eliers  to  sjieiui  a 
week  or  so  on  this  gem  of  the  Antilles. 

While  all  this  great  development  has 
been  pushed  xigorously  in  the  South  b\- 
Mr.  I'lanl,  he  lias  at  the  same  lime,  with 
the  able  assistance  of  his  son,  Mr.  M.  I". 
I'lant,  \'ice- I'resident  and  ManaL'^er 
been  improving  his 
ines  between  the 
L'nited  States  and 
the  Maritime  Prov- 
inces. He 
was  one  of 
the  tlr.-.t  to 
f  o  r  e  s  e  e 
wh;it  has 
since  been 
so  abun- 
(1  a  !i  t  1  y 
jiroven.lhal 


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desirable  summering  spots  within  easy 
access  for  Americans,  and  tiiat  they 
would,  as  they  have  now  become,  the 
favorite  and  cl'iosen  regions  for  health  as 
well  as  pleasure  seekers.  The  policy  of 
the  entire  I'lant  System  rellects  the  gen- 
erous, broad-minded  spirit  oi  H.-.  creator. 
It  is  not  to  see  just  how  little  can  be 
done  for  its  patrons  to  keep  tliem  from 
complaining,  but  rathertodoall  lor  tlieni, 
and  irive  them  everv  convenience  and 
luxury  tliat  good  executive  management 
considers  the  business  \\ill  stand. 

Thus  it  has  become  an  axiom  among 
travellers   that  one  is  always 
certain    of   tniding    th.e    very 
best  of  accommod.ations  u])on 
the  steamshijis  of  tills 
line.     Your  ship  is 


<^^.:^ 


"■sU 


mB^f-i 


"  rite  majestic  bebastopol  moniiincnt  is  one  of  tiu.  many 
iiueresiing  objccis,'' 


"The  only  building  now  remaining  of  tho«e  upon  the 
Duke  of  Kent's  estate  is  the  band  house." 

sure  to  be  staunch,  fast,  well  ecpiipiied 
and  well  manned,  if  it  flies  the  Plant  Line 
pennant  at  the  foreinast.  Your  state- 
room will  be  large,  well  ventilated,  and 
vour  bed  and  linen  immaculate.  You 
will  fmd  the  officers  courteous  and  oblig- 
ing, and,  what  is  of  more  imjiortance, 
thorough  seamen  of  long  training,  for 
there  is  not  a  captain  on  the  line,  or  any 
officer  of  the  higher  grades,  who  has  not 
gained  iiis  nautical  knowledge  by  many 
years  of  jiractical  exjierience. 

Tiie  shores  of  Nova  Scotia,  which  are 
in  view  from  the  decks  of  the  Plant  Line 
steamers  some  hours  betore  reaching 
Halifax,  lia\'e  been  likened  to  those  of 
Norway.  They  are  indented  with  innu- 
merable deep  harbors  and  inlets  and 
many  frowning  and  rocky  promontories 
and  sea-swept  ledges.  Along  towards 
noon,  on  the  day  after  leaving  Boston, 
Chelnicto  Head  Light  and  the  Devil's 
Island  Liglit,  which  stand  as  sentinels 
at  the  entrance  of  Halifax  harbor,  are 
sighteil.  A  half  hour's  run  and  the  ship 
has  crossed  the  line  between  them  and 


"Halilax  IS  a  busy,  prosperous  city,  subsianiially  bu.li,  an,l  of  characteristics  decidedly  foreiKii  ' 


"  1  he  Post  fiflfice  at  Halifax  is  I"n],'li  ,h  in  its  architec'ure 
and  typical  of  all  the  business  buiidintis  of  the  ciiy," 

is  plowing  iiL-r  way  up  the  iiarhor. 
IMeantinie  tlie  flag  of  the  Plant  Line  has 
been  hoisted  upon  the  citadel,  for  this  is 
always  tlone  as  soon  as  one  of  these  shii)s 
is  sighted.  In  the  distance  may  be 
caught  a  shadowy  glimpse  of  the  city, 
while  along  the  shores  are  little  coves, 
where  hardy  fishermen  dwell,  whose 
crafts  fly  out  to  sea  in  the  early  morning 
on  the  wings  of  the  wind,  and  return  at 
nightfall  like  a  great  flock  of  tired  birds. 
Martello  Tower,  of  historic  fame, and  now 
a  lighthouse  on  Macnab's  Island  (which, 
although  the  picnic  grounds  of  the  city, 
is  heavily  fortified),  is  pointed  out,  and  a 
moment   afterward    George's    Island,    a 


quiet,  harmless-looking  Ijit  of  land 
(Iroj)ned  in  mid-harbor.  l>ut  the  tourist 
is  told  th;it  this  innocent  bit  of  lanil  is 
honeycombed  far  below  the  water-line, 
and  its  l.idden  batteries  of  powerful 
modern  guns  and  connecting  submarine 
torpedo  mines  would  give  tiie  greatest 
man-of-war  as  much  to  think  about  as  the 
man  who  had  knocked  down  the  hornet's 
nest.  These  fortification?,  with  the  im- 
pregnable York  Redoubt  on  the  west- 
ern shore,  the  heavy  masked  batteries 
in  Point  Pleasant  Park  or  tiie  tip  of 
the  peninsula,  and  those  off  the  iiar- 
})or  mouth,  to  =ay  nothing  of  a  score  or 
more  of  h^ss  importance,  all  modernlv 
equipped  and  thoroughly  manned,  would 
make  the  ajiproach  to  Halifax  of  a  hostile 
war  vessel  an  exceedingly  interesting 
occasion.  If  the  ship  should  show  no 
disposition  to  witiulraw,  half  the  water 
in  the  harbor,  and  the  ship  with  it,  could 


'Carrying  lumic  with  them  at  nitjht  an  cutlcnce 
of  the  day's  sulccss.'* 


*  The  people  of  Halifax  are  devoted  to  aquatic  sports 
in  summer  time.'' 

be  thrown  into  the  air  by  the  explosion 
of  the  electrically  connected  chain  of 
torpedo  mines  quietly  slumbering  in 
these  piping  times  of  peace  in  their  sub- 
marine berths. 

Beyond  deorge's  Island  the  citadel- 
crowned  city  and  wharves  with  their 
tbrest  of  masts  come  into  full  view.  A 
few  moments  more  and  the  great  ship  is 
warped  into  her  slip,  the  gang-|)lank 
lowereil,  hurried  good-byes  are  said  to 
newly-made  friends,  and  the  \oyager  is 
at  his  hotel,  scarcely  more  than  twenty- 
four  hours  after  leaving  Poston. 

Nova  .Scotia  is  a  huul  girt  round  about 
by  the  sea.  No  spot  within  its  confines 
is  more  than  thirty  miles  from  salt  water. 
Its  summer  climate  is  as  soft  as  that  of 
southern  Italy  in  May.  Its  sky  rivals 
that  of  the  Riviera  in  the  inle'nsitv  of  "^ 
color  tones.  Its  air  is  \  italizing,  exhil- 
arative  and  recuperative. 

It  is  a  country  in  which  nature  has 


"The 


been  so  lavish  in  her  cliarms 

that  art  is  scarcely  missed  at 

all — a    region    where    each 

little  hamlet,  whether  by  sea 

or  far   back  in   the  rugged 

interior,   has    its   individual 

charms   of   quaint   novelty, 

and  where  days  or  weeks  may  be  idled 

away  in  healthful  rest. 

One  of  the  tenderest  of  poets  has  cast 
over  the  region  "the  consecration  and 
purple  light  of  his  imaginings."  Perhaps 
the  hills  will  not  be  quite  so  softened  in 
their  lines ;  perhaps  the  mellow  atmos- 
phere may  be  less  seductive,  but  if  we 


'Tlie  Micm.io  InHinrs  offer  for  sale  at  the  city  market 
an  attractive  stock  of  baskets." 

lose  the  charms  and  fascinations  of  the 
ideal,  if  the  fair  dreams  of  our  imagina- 
tion are  scatten^d  in  thf^  awakening,  we 
find   in  the  reality  of  tlie  present  a  full 


drive  along  tlie  harbor  side  of  Halifax  leads  to  the  Tublic 
Gardens,  in  which  is  the  historic  Martello  Tower." 

content,  and  need  not  fear  the  crucial 
test  of  personal  acquaintance. 

One  of  the  great  all-pervading  charms 
of  Nova  Scotia  is  its  health  and  whole- 
someness.  The  j)eople  show  it,  and  their 
manners  bespeak  it.  The  children  you 
see  are  ruddy-faced  and  clumsy-limbed, 
the  young  men  and  maidens  pictures  of 
robust  health.  Malaria  is  a  stranger, 
whose  grim  visage  would  be  as  unex- 
pected as  that  of  yellow  fever  in  Maine. 
Hay  fever  is  unknown,  and  the  soft  sum- 
mer bree/.es,  wafted  from  which  way 
they  may  be,  bring  the  ozone  and  the  in- 
spiration of  tlie  sea,  and  temper  the  rays 
of  the  summer's  sun. 

A  noticeable  i)eculiarity  of  the  Prov- 
inces which  strikes  the  man  from  "the 
States,"  is  to  be  told  tiiat  his  train  leaves 
at  19:26,  for  all  railroad  trains  are  run 
on  the  twenty-four-hour  system.  Fiom 
midnight  until  noon  the  clocks  and  tlie 
time  tables  behave  themselves  in  a  man- 
ner well  known  to  us  all,  but  from  noon 
until  midnight  they  continue  on  from  12 
to  24,  instead  of  beginning  with  one 
again.     This  obviates  the  use  of  a.m. 


ami  p.m.,  I>ut  is  distressingly  confusin;,^  to  tlie 
newcomer  until  he  becomes  so  kuniliur  v.itli 
the  system  tliat  he  can   instantiy 
23  o'clock  as  his  old  friend  1 1  p.ni 

The     Unitei 
money    is    taken 
•.vhere  in  the 
I'rovinces,  an 
A  ni  e  r  i  c  a  n 
(juarter  pass- 
ing     current 
for  a  shilling. 
Almost  every 
one  lias  lieard  the 
creditecl  to  ex-Sen 
upon    heing   U>\l 
Vernon  that  W'a.' 
was  such  a  powcrfi 
man    tliat    he    ecu! 
throw  a  silver  doll; 
almost  across  the  l'( 
tomac.      "(Jh,    )'es 
responded        Evart 
"  l)ut  you  know  a  do 
lar  would  go  fartht 
in  those  days  than  n 
It   is   a    fact,    howi 
that  the  dollar  of  tne  tourist 
will  go  farther  in  Xova  Sco- 
tia, Cape  Breton,  and  I'rince 
Etlward    Ihlantl   than  anywl 
the  American  continent.    Board  at  hotels 
runs  from  75  cents  aiul  a  dollar  a  day  in 
the  country  to  $3,  the  highest  charged 
anywhere,  and  this  only  at  a  very  few 
hotels  in  the  Provinces.     A  dollar  and  a 
half  a  day  for  transients  is  tlie  average 
price  at  hotels,  and   board   by  the  week 
varies  from  $3  to  $10.     At  farm  houses 
good  i)oar(l  can  be  had  almost  anywhere 
at  from  $1.50  to  $5  per  week. 

XovaScotia  came  within  fifteen  miles 
of  being  an  island,  for  it  is  connected 
with  Xew  ISrunswick  by  a  narrow  strip 
of  land  i)etween  Northumberland  Strait-^ 
and  the  Bay  of  P'undy,  scarcely  more 
than  a  dozen  miles  wide. 


rhe  ruins  of  the  old  f'rcnch  Kort  at  Annap' 
olis  are  well  prescr%e(l." 

ere     !se  on 


to  100  miles  broad, 
but  in  this  small  area 
is  crowded  a  wealth 
and  \ariety  of  natural  attractions  which 
few  regions  of  similar  area  on  the  conti- 
nent can  match.  It  has  been  so  cut  into 
by  the  sea  that  its  coast  line  measures 
more  than  a  thousand  miles,  and  is 
broken  by  a  myriad  of  beautiful  bays 
and  natural  harbors.  \\'ithin  the  interior 
there  are  more  than  four  hundred  lakes, 
the  largest  and  most  famous  l)eing  tlie 
Bras  d'Or  in  Cape  Breton.  It  is  the  Loch 
Lomond  of  North  America,  a  gem  of 
nature,  so  beautiful  and  so  picturesciue 
that  it  cliallenges  the  admiicUion  of  even 
the  greatest  travellers. 

Those  who  have  spent  a  \'acation  time 
with  our  neighbors  to  the  northeast, 
know    them    to    be    a   most    hosjiitable, 

_ _^     warm-hearted   and    wholesome 

'  people,  without  affectation  or 
greed.  ',he  nervous  activity, 
the  ceaseless  hurry  and  bustle 
of  tlie  United  States  have  no 
place  with  them.  Their  charac- 
teristics are  more  like  those 
which  mark  the  Knglishman  at 
home.  Genial,  hospitable  and 
generous,  they  make  the  stran- 
ger welcome  within  their  gates. 
Ask  a  New  ^'orke|•  on  his  nati\-p 
streets  to  tlirect  you  to  a  sought- 


"The  histo;ical  willows  at  (irand  I're,  the  home  of  Evanyeline, 
may  be  seen  from  the  train." 


irj** 


..r  „.i^i^^:^ 


r?<tti.  ..  -■  ■:i0«*: 


"  I  litre  5. ill  rtmain  occasional  relics  of  the  wais  bcUvtcn  the 
lirilish  and  1  rench.' 

tor  place,  and  you  will  get  a  (iiiick  inci- 
sive answer.  Ask  a  man  in  Halifax,  and 
ten  to  one  he  will  go  with  vou,  even  if 
out  ol  his  v.  ay,  to  make  i)lain  his  willingly 
and  politely  given  directions.  In  several 
districts  and  smaller  towns  tiiroughout 
all  of  Xova  Scotia  this  sjiirit  is  still' more 
noticeable.  Tlie  doors  are  alwavs  open 
to  the  stranger,  literally,  as  well  as  figu- 

ratively,  tor 
locks  have  little 
if  any  place  in 
builders'  hard- 
ware, and  if  ]nit 
on  a  door  at  all, 
are  t  lie  re  more 
from  custom 
than  for  use. 

.Such  a  tlung 
as  a  burglary 
would,  it  is  safe 
to  say,  be  con- 
si  tie  red  a  most 
unusual  occur- 
rence, for  crime 
does  not  seem 
U)  thrive  well  in 
this  climate.  A 
writer,  com- 
menting on  this 
subject,  spoke 
of  having  recently  visited  the  jail  in  Hali- 
fax, and  states  that  there  was  just  one 
prisoner  conlined  there.  And  this  in  a 
city  of  45,000  inhabitants. 

Those  who  wish  definite  information 
as  to  the  length  of  their  tour  may  ]iut 
down  Halifax  as  being  378  miles  from 
r>oston,340  miles  from  Portland  and  542 
miles  from  New  York  by  sea.  But  this 
is,  as  children  say,  cutting  the  corner, 
for  if  one  goes  by  rail  it  is  618  from  I'ort- 
l.ind,  720  from  IJoston  anil  939  iVom  New 
York. 

One  would  as  soon  think  of  going  to 
England  and  not  visiting  London  as  of 
going  to  Nova  Scotia  and  not  making 
1  lalifax  the  central  jioint  of  his  tour.  It  is 
the  commercial,  social  and  tourist  centre 
of  the  Provinces.  It  is  the  iiort  easiest 
reached  trom  the  United  States,  and  the 


V     fr:p,l 

f0^^^ 

'■•  -^" 

-*■>■•« 

fe»/     .    i^^: -"" 

"  licking;  up  a  dozen  birds 
in  an  afternoon." 


most  convenient  place  from  which 
to  start  on  \  our  inland  tour.  Tlie 
railroads  of  Nova  Scotia  may  touch 
and  stop  at  other  places,  but  they 
.ill  begin  at  Halifax, 

Halil'ax  may  be  justly  termed 
the  British  stronghold  of  .North 
.America.  It  is  not  only  the  heail- 
([uarters  ot  a  larger  number  of 
iJritish  troops  than  are  (juartered  at 
any  other  place  in  North  America, 
i)Ut  it  is  the  jirinciiial  naval  station 
;ind  rendezvous  of  the  Ilritish  North  At- 
lantic and  West  Indies  squadrons.  Hal- 
ifax is  English  in  architecture,  manners 
and  customs;  and  tlie  visitor  will  have 
no  opportuniiy  to  forget  for  any  ten  min- 
utes at  a  time  that  he  is  jiractically  as 
far  away  from  "  tiie  States  "  and  'heir 
customs  and  mannerisms  as  if  lie  v  ,"  '  i 
Soulham|)ton  or  Liverpool.  The  ,m,:s- 
ence  of  the  army  and  navy  officers  adds 
an  interesting  feature  to  its  social  life. 
Tiiat  it  is  distinctly  brilliant  is  not  to  be 


'  It  is  a  fair  'and  about  Halifax.' 


"  'I'wicc  every  mcniy  lour  tmurs  the  tide  leaves 
the  ships  hi^h  and  dry." 

wondered  at  when  one  realizes  that  it  is 
the  seat  of  the   Trovincial   i);.rlianient, 
has  a  university  and   tine  catiiedral,  a 
governor,  a  commander-in-chief  of  tiie 
army,  an  admiral  of  the  navy,  an  arch- 
bisiiop  and  bishop  as  residents.     It  is  the 
London  and  I'arisof  the  Maritime  Prov- 
inces; the  commercial  centre,  and  tlie 
dominating  financial  city  of  the  English- 
American  colonies.     The 
stands   on  a  succes- 
ion  of  hills,  occupying 
I   peninsula  four   and 
one-half  miles  ong, 
with  a  breadt!,  va- 
rying from  a  half  to 
two  or  more  miles, 
and     crowning    its 
highest   hill    is  the 
great     citadel,      oi 
which  so  much  has, 
and  so  much  will  in 
future,  be    written. 
-Halifax    is    ten    miU^s 
tack  from  the  ocean 
jper,    its    harbor    and 
location  being  not  unlike 

"Where  Indians  camp."      ^^^^^    ^f    f^^^^.     York.       On 

one  side  it  is  bounded  by  the  Northwest 
Arm  and  a  wide  stretch  of  isolated 
water,  and  on  the  other  by  the  harbor, 
wiiich  is  accessible  at  all  sea- 
sons, and  is  sufficiently  large  to 
permit  the  entire  English  navy 
10  mancKUvre  upon  its  waters 
with  ease. 

The  citadel  occupies  the 
broad  summit  of  a  ctntral  hill, 
two  hundred  and  fifty  feet 
above  the  harbor  level.  It  acts 
■is  a  stern  and  watchful  sentinel, 
keeping  unceasing  guard  over 
its  peaceful  charge.  Great  can- 
non poke  their  noses  out  threat- 
eningly  from   under    its   case- 


ments,   and    absolutely    control  the  ap- 
iiroach  to  the  city  from  any  direction. 
The  Duke  of  Kent',  father  of  (^ueen  Vic- 
toria, who  was  in  his  time  commander  ot 
the  tbrcfs  at  Ilalifa.x,  built  the  original 
lortress,  utilizing  the  labor  ot  the  army 
of  Maroons  "ho  Ivul  been  con(|Uered  by 
the  British,  banished  from  Jamaica  and 
subsequently  dejjorted  to  .Sierra   Leon. 
It  is  surrounded  by  a  deep  m«at,  and  the 
huge    stone    walls    and    embankments 
look  as  if  they  would  be  absolutely  im- 
pregnable to  any  attack.     Within  these 
wal's  are  the  bomb-proof  barracks.    The 
view  is  more  extended  I'rom  the  citadel 
than  from  any  other  spot  near  Halifax. 
You  may  overlook  the  entire  city  with 
its    magnificent    harbor    teeming   with 
shipping.      You   can   plainly  see   Dart- 
mouth on  the  opposite  side,  the  wide- 
spreading  IJedford  Lasin,  or  inner  har- 
bor, flecked   with  the  graceful   sails  of 
pleasure    craft.     Fort   Clarence,    below 
Dartmouth,  with  its  sombre  casements, 
is    in    full   view,   as   are   Macnab's  and 
George's  Islands,  the   famous  York  Re- 
doubt, the  outer  harbor  with  its  fortified 
points,  and  far  over  toward  the  horizon 
the  blue  Atlantic. 

Outside  of  the  citadel  and  adjoining  it 
upon  the  city's  streets  are  many  bar- 
racks for  officers  and  married  men,  the 
military  hosi)ital,  which  co[,t  over  half  a 
million  dollars,  and  the  garrison  chapel, 
where  the  staff  and  troops  attend  service 
in  full  uniform,  accompanied  by  the 
citadel  band.  To  the  west  of  the  fortress 
stretches  the  common,  a  wide  expanse 
of  velvety  lawns  covering  many  acres, 
upon  which  the  great  regimental  parades 
and  sham  battles,  always  such  interest- 
ing spectacles  to  visitors,  take  place. 

Halifax  has  been  called  the  Gibraltar 
of  North  America,  and  while  it  hears  no 
resemblance  from  a  topographical  stand- 
point  to    that    "gateway    of  the   conti- 


'  Its  rocky  coast  has  stood  :he  pnindinRS  of  the  surf  since 
the  world  was  young.' 


nents"on  the  opposite  sfdeof  the  Atlan- 
tic, it  would  almost  as  stubhonily  refiise 
capture.  IJiit  asicU;  iVom  its  military  and 
naval  features,  Halilax  has  many  points 
worthy  the  visitor's  consideration.  Sev- 
eral of  her  churches  of  which  there  are 
more  than  forty,  are  historical,  and  wiil 
repay  a  visit.  St.  I';'.i!!'5,  be<^un  in  1750 
and  enlar<^ed  in  1812,  is  rich  in  mural 
tablets,  and  many  of  Nova  Scotia's  fa- 
mous men  sleep  their  lony  sleep  under  the 
shelter  of  its  pr-Hectiu}^  wails.  It  is  said 
the  frame  of  this  church  was  broiij^lit 
from  Massachusetts  in  1740,  and  it  lias 
had  but  five  rectors  in  the  century  and 
a  half  since  then.  The  "Little  Dut^h 
Church,"  built  in  1755,  'I'"'  whose  .>riy- 
inal  size  and  arcliitecture  have  never 
been  altered,  is  still  in  ^ood  repair,  and 
the  seeker  after  quaint  epitaphs  can  find 
many  curious  ones  in  the  moss-grown 
old  cemetery  surrounding  it. 

The  official  buildings  of  the  Province 
are  architecturally  striking,  and  bespeak 
solidity.  The  Parliament  Building,  the 
corner-stone  of  which  was  laid  in  181 1, 
was  up  to  1830  the  finest  structure  on 
the  Xorth  American  continent.  It  is  still 
theadmiration  of  architects, and  iisgreat 
halls  are  beautiful  in  decoration  and  im- 
posing in  size.  The  Dominion  Building, 
situated  nearby,  contains  the  Customs 
and  Posl-Cifice  departments  and  Provin- 
cial Museum.  The  new  City  Hall  and 
the  Government  House,  occupied  by  the 
Governor,  are  imposing  and  conspicuous 
official  buildings. 

Dalhousie  College,  a  handsome  and 
pretentious  modern       structure, 

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"  Rocky  fortresses  of  r.ature'! 
tashioning." 


will    perm 
s  h  o  u  1  d 
surely 
visit 


the  i^Meat  dry  dock 
and  the  naval  yard. 
Both  are  instruc- 
tive,   particularly 
the  former,  which 
is  one  of  the  larg- 
est  in   the   vvorM, 
being     of    solid 
granite  and  con- 
crete, 613   feet 
long,  I03  feet 
wide  at  the  top 
and    70   feet  at 
the  bottom.      It 
is  rarely   unoc- 
c  u  p  i  e  d ,  and 

there  is  almost  always  some  mighty  ship 
of  war  braced  up  within  it  recei'ingan 
overhauling.  Tliis  dock  was  last  sum- 
mer used  bv  the  United  States  govern- 
ment to  dock  their  battleship  "  Indiana." 
Aside  from  her  military  and  naval 
features,  Halifax  is  most  proud  of  her 
public  gardens,  and  the  park  at  Point 
Pleasant.  Ami  well  she  may  be,  for  no 
other  city  of  her  population  on  this  side 
of  the  Atlantic  can  boast  of  handsomer 
attractions.  The  gardens,  containing 
fourteen  acres,  are  admitted  to  be  as 
beautiful  as  any  in  America.  They  are 
a  gem  in  emerald,  and  one  may  wander 
about  tiieir  well-kept  walks,  lounge 
under  the  graceful  arbors,  linger  at  the 
side  of  the  -'•ystal  fountains  or  mirror- 
like ponds,  feast  his  eyes  on  the  graceful 
marble  statuary,  drink  in  the  intoxicat- 
ing fragrance  of  the  flowers,  and  forget 
for  the  nonce  that  there  is  anything  but 
the  beautiful  and  poetic  in  th'is  world  of 
ours.  Here  on  Saturday  afternoons  dur- 
ing the  summer  wiil  be  found  a  gathering 
of  the  representative  people  of  Halifax, 
listening  to  the  sweet  music  of  one  of  the 
military  bands.  The  park  at  Point 
Pleasant,  with  its  many  miles  of  wood- 
land, driving  roads  and  bridle  paths, 
twisting  and  twining  with  serpentine 
graces  in  antl  out  tlirough  forests  of 
spruce  and  pine,  is  one  of  the  most 
charming  spots  on  the  continent.  It 
seems  to  the  visitor  as  if  nature  hail  con- 
spired    to    crowd     i:i»o    this    "neck    o* 


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"Sailing  is  a  popular  pastime  at  Ha'.ifax." 


\vii()il->"  a  lavish  assnrtnirnt  of 
I  cr  hrij^liU'st  jewels  ;  as  if  siie 
1  ail  reserved  it  for  a  storfiiouse 
<.f  her  most  fasciiiatin}^  comhi- 
i.ation  of  trees  and  wild  flow- 
ers, rocks  aiul  l)eacli.  In  this 
natural  park  \(>ii  may  lose  your- 
self in  the  Ill-art  of  the  jjrimcval 
forest,  or  you  may  sit  on  the 
cd'^e  of  the  liluff  at  the  ocean 
siiie  and  watch  the  mi|^hty  At- 
lantic roll  into  the  broad  niouth 
of  Chehuclo  I'.ay,  the  surf 
poundinj,'  iij)on  the  beach  far 
lielow  you,  as  if  im])<'tuous  at 
beiii^  stopped  in  its  watery 
race.  You  may  sit  for  hours 
breathinj;  the  delicious  combination  ot 
the  perfumes  of  the  resinous  pines  and 
that  of  the  sea,  and  gaze  upon  the  cease- 


'  I  a  Have  River  lias  frcciucntv  been  tefcrretl  to  by  v\riter!,  as  the 
Kliine  of  .North  .America." 

less  coming  and  f;oinjj  of  ocean  cr.itt. 
Over  back  from  the  sea,  in  the  heart  of 
the  park,  you  may  visit  the  leqend- 
enshrined  Martello  Tower,  a  memorial 
of  (lavs  when  "  rouLjh-handed  maraud- 
ers h'un;^-  about  the  siiores,  and  skidkin;^- 
Indians"]iecred  out  from  the  surrounding 
preencry." 

The' visitor  at  llalihix  can  sjiend 
several  days  deli,!.,flufuiiy  in  drivin;^  or 
bicyclini,'-  about  tlie  suburbs.  Amon<j 
the'|io])iilar  roads  is  that  alon.y;  the  shores 
of  the  ever-attractive  lledford  Ilasin, 
whose  sparklinij  waters  form  almost  a 
circle  about  five  miles  across.  This 
inner  harbor,  as  it  is  called,  is  iiemmed 
in  on  all  sides  by  bold  anfl  pretenti'Uis 
hills.  .■\lon|.,r  their  base  and  crowdin;^  in 
mnny  j-Jiaccs  closeiv  between  l!":e  Ijluffs 


there  are  larj;e  himlicr  intcrr>il»  at  llriilncwater  on  the  picturcsiiui- 
I. a  Have  Kivcr.' 


and  the  nuirmurinj;  waves  of  the  Ilasin, 
antl  at  others  following  tlie  outer  lines  of 
some  picturescjue  inlet,  is  one  of  the 
fmest  roads  in  Nova  Scotia.  To 
bicyclists  it  affords  a  glorious  op- 
portunity for  a  spin  along  the 
verv  edge  of  the  water,  across 
wliich  come  the  softest  and  the 
most  in\igoratingofseatemi)ered 
breezes.  Thisro.id  leads  to  what 
is  known  as  "The  Dingle,"  three 
miles  from  town  and  near  Dutch 
\'i]lage,  a  s]iot  of  fairy  loveliness. 
To(juote  from  I'rof.  C.  D.  G.  Rob- 
erts ;  "  lieyond  'The  Dingle,' on 
the  Margaret's  I>ay  Koad,  is  the 
tamous  'Rocking  Stone,'  a  mass 
of  granite,  i6o  tons  in  weight,  so 
lucelv  poised  on  a  base  of  some 
twelve  by  six  inches,  that  it  may 
be  swayed  by  a  child  using  a  stick 
as  a  lever.  '  In  this  same  direc- 
tion lie  the  Chain  Lakes,  w  hence 
H.alilax  gets  her  water  sujijily, 
;ind  where,  in  spite  of  prohibitory  enact- 
ments, m.my  tine  trout  are  caught. 
Another  favorite  drive  is  to  ISedford, 
along  the  ]'.;isin,  passing  Rockingham 
and  "the  site  of  the  '  I'rince's 
Lodge,'  whc'.e  T'rinc;  Ed- 
ward had  his  dwelling  one 
hundred  y.-ar--  .-i^o.  The 
Lodge,  wiin  its  memories  ot 
love,  anfl  statecr.aft. 


and  regal  cere- 
monv,  has  fallen 
before  the  siege  of 
time  ;  but  the  band 


rotunda  stands,  , 
ci  u  a  i  n  I ,  semi- 
classic       struc- 
ture, ()\erhang- 
ing     a    railway 


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« 


cuttill;^.  'V\\<\\ 
oiu!  siioiiUl  \i-iit 
I)  ;i  r  t  in  ii  u  t  !i  , 
across  llm  liar- 
l)or  tiDin  Hall- 
ux, so  pictiir- 
i's<|uely  ilroppcil 
anion','  its  dark 
hills.  Fcrry- 
i)i)als  run  every 
quarter  iiour  bo 
Isvfcn  tlu'|)hiccs. 
Tlie  t'lwii  has 
oonic  (),cxx)  in- 
habitants, a  su- 
jrar  refinery,  a 
ni  iruie  railway,  a  rupr-wall;,  a  skate  lac- 
tory,  and— bv  lU)  means  least  imposing' 
feauire— the'  yreat  grim  idle  of  Mount 
Hope  Lunatic  Asslum. 

"  I'.ackofUari'mouth,  to  the  north,  lies 
the  beautiful  chain  of  the  Dart-       mouth 
Lakes,    a     famous    resort    of    //skat- 
ers when  the  ice 
has    set    thinly. 
F  ro  m     t  h  e  s  e 
lakes     -uns    the 
old   Sln.benaca- 
die  Canal     con- 
necting the  \va- 


•  ind  streams,  incUulinj;  some  of  the  Ix-st 
lishinjj  waters  ot  the  I'roviiice  ;  and  there 
is  ''Nccllent  coi  k,  partridge,  ])lover  and 
duck  shooting  within  easy  reach." 

Halitax,  wiiilc  gni'  of  ilie  most  sedate 
.  iiie:,  on  he  surface,  is  ill  reality  one  in 
wliich  tl.e  spirit  of  hone  I  sport  and 
wliolesome  pie.-. sure  holds  full  sway.  It 
h.is  two  line  social  clubs,  the  llalil'ax 
and   the  City,   whose  memberships  are 


,  line  i>l  till'  iliju'iis 
;l  Sioli.1  life." 


"  The  salmon  is  kin^  of  the  finni,-  tribe  hiul  is  found 
in  many  of  the  Nova  bcotia  sircama. 

ters  of  the  Atlantic  with  tliose  of  Minas 
IJasin  and  Fundy,  by  way  of  the 
.Shubenacadie  River.  Four  miles  noiih 
of  Dartmouth  are  the  Montague  gold 
mines,  well  worth  a  visit.  Along  the 
coast  south-eastward,  a  distance  of  seven 
miles,  is  Cow  liay,  a  summer  resort 
famous  for  its  noble  beach  and  splendid 
surf.  Thie  whole  country  around  Hali- 
fa.\  ai.d.  Dartmouth  is  a  network  of  lakes 


maiie  up  ot  repre- 
sentative citizens. 
Its     Royal     Nova 
Scotia  Yacht  Club 
occuiiies  a   hand- 
some and  modern 
Hiilding     of      its 
own  on    the    har- 
bor side  at  the  toot  of 
Pleasant  Street. 
1  lalitax  rides  .and  drives, 
In  wii.ter  it  ilevotes  it- 
self to  those  sports  which   put  roses  in 
the  cheeks  of  her  women  ,uid  vigor  and 
health  in  her  m<M>. 

One  of  the  side  trips  wliich  should  bt; 
taken  from  Halifax,  if  time  will  permit, 
is  that  by  steamer  along  the  coast  to  Ches- 
ter     ...»        Lunenburg, .111(1  15ridgewater, 


nsuinmeral 
sails  and   rows. 


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the  latter  town  being  at  tlie  liead  of  nav- 
ijj^ation  on  llie  river  La  Have,  tiie  Rhine 
of  Nova  Scotia.     A  pleasant  way  to  en- 
joy   the    scenery   along   this    beautiful 
stream  is  to  go  up  in  the  steamer  and 
to  drive  down  on  the  river's  bank  from 
liridgewater  to  the  oltl  Frencli  settle- 
ment Lallave,  where  thestream  merges 
with  the  Atlantic.     If  the  visitor  is  . 
fisherman    the    yarns    he   will    hear   in 
Bridgewater  of  rod  and  reel  will  set  his 
brain  in  a  whiil.     "Six  twenty-five  pound 
salmon  killed  in  a  day  on  one  rod,"  "Five 
hundred  brook  trout  taken  on  two  rods  in 
two  days,"  etc.,  give  afairidea  of  what 
he  may  expect.      They  are  repeated 
here  simply  because  to  be  forewarned 
is  to  be  forearmed,  and  not  because 
they  are  in  any  way  extravagant. 

Chester  is  well  known  as  a  watering- 
place,  the  scenery  most  beautiful  and 
noted  for  sea  bathing.  Chester  Basin 
contains  some  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
five  islands,  or.e  of  which  is  "Oak  Isl- 
and," where  the  famous  "Captain 
Kidd's  "treasure  was  supposed  to  have 
been  buried. 

Lunenburg  is  one  of  the  most  pros- 
])erous  places  in  tiie  Province,   being 
largely  interested  in  shipjiing  and  fish- 
ing eiUer]!ris'es.     Near  it  is  located  a  curious 
natural  jiiiencjmenon  known    as    the  Ovens. 
These  are  several  large  caverns  worn  out  by 
the  tide,  three  of  which  are  70  feet  wide  and 
over  200  feet  deep.    The  sea  dashes  into  these 
recesses  during  a  heavy  swell,  making  a  tre- 
mendous roar  broken  by  deep  booming  re- 
verberations. 

They  are  enshrouded  in  local  supersti- 
tion   and    legend,    and    many  a  hair-raising 
tale    of    ghosts    and     pirates    is    s|iun 
around    tlie  old-fashioned   fireplaces  ot 
the  locality. 

llaliiax  isilie  Atlantic  terminus  of  the 
Canadian  Government  Railway  System.* 
The  Intercolonial  division  iVom  Halifax 
runs  to  St.  John,  Ouebec  and  Montreal. 
I'rom  Truro  tli^'  line  mins  to  N<\v  (>!,'r-.- 
gow,  thence  to  I'ictou,  where  connection 


"  I'riiice  I  d'.varil  Island  is  .in  ideal  pl.icf  to  enjoy  the  delinhts 
of  sea  and  cuuntiy  combined.'* 


is  made  with  tlie  daily 
steamer  to  and  tVom 
Prince  Edward  Island. 
From  New  (Glasgow 
eastward  the  line  con- 
tinues to  the  Straits  ol 
Canso,  thence  through 
Cape  Breton  to 


ward  Island.  The 
island  is  notable  as 
a  healtli  spot,  sur- 
rounded as  it  is  by 
ocean  and  strait, 
whose  waters  have 
broken    the 


Sydney,  where 
connection  is 
made  with  the 
Sydney  &  Louis- 
burg  Railway. 

Prince       Ed- 
ward Island  lies 
in    the  southern 
part  of  the  Gulf 
of  St.  Lawrence, 
and   the   wide  Str 
Nort  h  umber- 
land,    quite    like 
the    English 
Channel    in   dis- 
position,   separates 
from    Nova  Scoti 
south,  and  New  V> 
the  west.     This  is 
and  enjoys  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the 
most      thoroughly 
cultivated   territory  on  this  side  ol   the 
Atlantic.     It  is  one  great  garden  from 
land's    end    to    land's   end,  and    is    not 
only  beautiful   in   points  of  topography, 
but'  its  summer  chmale  is  delightlully 
free  alike  from  i)eiietrating  fogs  and  ex- 
cessive   heat.       Those    who    have   seen 
some  of  the  more  fertile  sections  of  the 
Illinois  ])rairies,   with   their  undulating 
surface,  scattering  forests,  wood-fringed 
streams,  ;ind  prosperous  farms,  have  seen 
an  American  reproduction  of  Prince  Ed- 


"I'ruro,  wliich  is  a  progressive  citv,  lias  a  very 
attractive  public  park. 


lore  line  into  num- 
berless bays  and  es- 
aries.  Its  breezes 
are  nothing  but 
pure  ones,  bearing 
all  of  the  healthful 
and  o/one  of  old 
itself.  The  Great 
North  Bay  on 
Prince  Etlward 
Island  is  skirted 
ilhfiftymilesof  wide 
lills,  and  the  clear 
s  of  St.  Lawrence 
ow  along  its  front  af- 
ford one  of  the  pur- 
est and  most  nota- 
ble bathing  grounds 
in  the  world.  Char- 
lottetown,  the  capital  of  Prince  Ed- 
ward Island,  is  a  brisk,  well-built,  well- 
governed  and  prosperous  city  of  about 
15,000  inhabitants.     ... 

There  are  quite  a  number  of  seaside 
resorts  on  the  island,  the  largest  being 
Summerside,  which  is  as  well  quite 
a  ship-huilding  and  business  centime; 
Georgetown,  Souris,  Mt.  Stuart,  Tignish 
I'up  at  the  extreme  northern  end  of  the 
island),  .Mberton,  Kensington,  Rustico 
and  others,     Malneciue,  seven  miles  from 


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Kensint^ton,  on  tlie  nortii  shore,  lias  l)een 
made  famous  by  tlie  deep-sea  oysters, 
wliicli  bear  its  name,  and  are  to  all  this 
rej,non  and  Canada  what  the  IMue  Points 
and  Cherry  Stones  are  to  Americans. 

Cape  Traverse,  on  Xorthumberland 
Strait,  has  many  things  to  commend  it 
to  the  summer  visitor,  as  have  Barclay 
J'oint,  about  ten  miles  from  Charlotte- 
town,  and  Tracadie  iJeach,  about  four 
miles  from  Bedford  Station,  on  the  nor»h 
side  of  the  island. 

Tiie  shooting  on  Prince  Edward  Isl- 
and during  the  season  is  e.Nceedingly 
good,  and  wild  geese,  l)ra,  t,  duck,  part- 
ridge, woodcock  and  sni])e  are  to  be 
found  in  abundance,  while  such  streams 
as  tlie  Monce,  the  Dunk,  the  Pierrejaques, 
the  Miniinigash,  the  Kildare,  Tignish, 
and  others,  teem  with  trout 
and  salmon.  From  anyone 
of  the  little  seaside  towns 


on  Prince  Edward  Island,  one  may  have, 
within  a  half-hour  or  liour's  sail,  an 
abundance  of  mackerel  and  deep-sea 
fishing. 

The  island  constitutes  the  smallest  of 
the  Provinces,  but  maintains  equal  dig- 
nity with   the  greatest,  having  its  own 
provincial    government,    comprising    a 
governor     ad   parliament,  and  sending 
si.K  commoners  and  four  senators  to  the 
dominion    legislature   at    Ottawa.      Its 
history  is  an  interesting  one,  and  upon 
its  pages  are  written  the  same  general 
outlines  which  are  found  on  that  of  all 
this  region — a  strife  l)etween  the  French 
and   English  for  territorial  acquisition. 
Ai'ciuired    by    the    French    late    in    the 
seventeenth  or  early  in  the    eighteenth 
century,  it  soon  attracted  a  respectable 
number  of  settlers  from   Bretagne  and 
Normandy,  whose  produce   and   grains 
were  in  great  demand  for  the  fortified 
city  of  Louisburg  in 
Cajie     Breton     (then 
L'Isle  Royale,  or  the 
Rpyal     Island).       In 
1745    many  of  these 
settlers    were    ex])a- 
triated  after  the  fall  of 
Louisburg,  but  after; 
the  return  of  tliis  cit-; 
adel    to    France    the 
island  was  again  peo- 
pled,   and    when,    in 
•755.  Louisburg  was 
recaptured    by   Gen- 
eral   Wolfe,    it    would    seem 
that  only  a  few  of  these  poor 
farmers  were  removed  from 
their   homes.      Some,    how- 
ever,   were    thus    deported, 
especially  those  about  Char- 
loltetown  (then  Port  La  Joie), 
and     the     adjoining     coast. 
Some  ten  thousand  of  the  de- 
scendants of   those  who  re- 
mained, and  of  the  Acadians 
who  escaped  the  deportation 
at    iVIinas,   Blomidon  and 
other  ])arts  of  Nova  Sco- 
tia, yet  reside  in  the  Prov- 
ince.    They  are  still  to  a 
great  extent  a  people  set 
apart  from  the  rest  of  the 
])opulation,    living 
in    their   own    vil- 
lages, intermarry- 
ing     early      with* 
their    own     race, 
s  p  c  a  k  i  ii  g    I  !i  e 


^ 


'  The  coRsl  line  i>(  the  Iras  il'i  h  Lakes  is  broken 
and  indented  with  many  bays." 


It 

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"The  timber  railway  at  Truro  is  the  only  one  of 
its  kind  in  the  country." 

French  tongue  and  keeping  U])  in  dress, 
traditions,  customs,  etc.,  tlie  simple,  iios- 
pitril)]e,  kindly  traits  depicted  in  "  Evan- 
geline." Thus,  to  a  great  extent,  in  cer- 
tain villages,  the  women  and  maidens 
wear  "  the  Norman  cap  and  the  kirtle  of 
homespun  "  ;  the  young  girl  begins  at  an 
early  ;;ge  to  spin,  weave  and  sew  the 
coarse  white  linen  and  heavy  deep-tinted 
woollens  which  she  shall  bring  with  her 
to  the  man  of  her  choice  ;  and  the  settle- 
ment still  delights  in  assembling  to  start 
a  young  couple  in  their  married  life,  to 
raise  a'barn  or  house,  and  to  take  their 
pay  in  an  hour  or  two  of  dancing  to  a 
simple  fiddle,  and  a  supper  of  bread,  tea, 
potatoes  and  meat,  or  fish. 

Peaceful,  economical,  industrious,  in 
a  way  belonging  to  a  past  age,  these 
Acadians  are  a  peculiar  people,  full  of 
interest  to  ever^'  traveller  fresh  from  the 
feverish  press  of  business,  or  the  arti- 
ficial but  onerous  demands  of  modern 
society. 

A  remnant  of  the  once  powerful  Mic- 
mac  tribe  of  Indians,  some  three  hundred 
in  number,  still  haunt  the  northern  har- 
bors, and  retain  the  garb  and  habits  of 
their  warlike  ancestors.     They  are  keen 
hunters,  and  faithful  servitors  for  mod- 
erate pay,  and  a  few  days  with  one  of 
them,  among  the  trout,  duck 
and    plover,   is   generally    a 
time  to   be  long  and  pleas- 
antly remembered. 

Charlottetown,  the  capital 
and  chief  commercial  city  of 
Prince  Edward  Island,  is  a 
prosperouf  little  city  of  15,- 
000,  and  in  summer  is  attrac- 
tive to  visitors,  although  its 
pleasuresand  sights  are  soon 
exhausted.  The  general 
character  of  its  business 
buildings  is  excellent,  and  its 
streets   are   wide   and    well 


shaded  by  day  and  electric  lighted 
by  night.  I"  the  i)usiness  centre 
ol  the  city  is  ^ucen  Square  and  the 
substantial  government  structures, 
including  the  Provincial  Building 
and  the  Post  Office.  In  the  former 
are  the  legislature  halls  and  the 
Colonial  Library.  Near  by  are  the 
Convent  of  Notre  Dame,  the  Prince 
of  Wales  College  and  the  normal 
school.  The  residence  of  the  (iov- 
ernor  occupies  an  attractive  jioint 
of  land  west  of  the  city  and  com- 
mands a  fine  view  of  the  harbor. 
In  the  suburbs  of  the  city  are  two  col- 
leges, the  Wesleyan  and  St.  Dunstan's, 
both  well  supported  and  prosperous  in- 
stitutions. From  Charlouetown  the  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  island  are  reached  by 
the  lines  of  local  steamers  and  the  Prince 
Edward  Island  Railway, which  runs  from 
one  end  of  the  island  to  the  other,  a  dis- 
tance of  130  miles. 

This  city  is  the  terminus  of  the  Bos- 
ton and  Prince  Edward  Island  service 
of  the  Plant  Line,  and  the  popular  and 
staunch  "  Halifax  "  of  this  line  makes  the 
round  trip  between  Boston  and  Char- 
lottetown each  week.  The  steamship 
touches  at  Halifax  and  proceeds  thence 
to  Hawkesbury  on  the  Straits  of  Canso, 
through  which'  it  passes  into  Northum- 
berland Straits,  upon  wliich  Charlotte- 
town  is  located.  This  1500-mile  sea 
trip  is  the  longest,  cheapest  and  most 
delightful  of  any  which  can  be  made  in 
one  week  from  an  American  port  with- 
out going  to  Euiope.  Theaccommoda- 
tions  are  of  the  finest ;  and  the  extended 
views  afforded  of  the  south  shore  of  Nova 
Scotia,  together  with  glimpses  of  pictur- 
esque Cape  IJreton,  and  the  opportunity 
of  visiting  Prince  Edward  Island,  com- 
bine to  make  it  a  popular  outing.  For 
those  who  have  only  a  week  to  spare  for 


'  J'ertile  fariub  stretch  down  to  pebbly  beaches,  which  arc  fringed 
with  strips  of  woodland." 


A  MPTAIfi::: 


I 


vacation  pleasures  no  trip  can  l)e  com- 
pared to  this  for  variety,  lieailli-givin<j 
features  or  economy.  Tiie  round  trip 
fare  fro:n  Boston  is  but  $i8,  with  an  ad- 
ditional cliar<.:e  of  $2  for  stateroom 
berths  each   way,  and   for 

meals,  t.      filty  cent's  bein},Mhe 

[irice    for         \\  'breakfast      and 

supjK  1',  and  sev- 


"lort  Muluriivc  is  across  ll\e  narrow  Mraits  of  I'anso  from 
bury,  on  Cape  Hreton,  at  which  the  steamers  touch. 

enty-five  cents  fi)r  dinner.  Thus  $40  is' 
an  amjuiit  sufficient  to  cover  the  entire 
week's  ouiing,  inchulin;^-  carriage  rides  in 
Halifax  and'  Charlottetown,  and  a  few 
approjjriate  souvenirs  of  the  outing. 

The  Plant  Line  fleet  upon  which  these 
tours  are  made  consists  otthe  steamships 


"  T.a  Grande  Duchesse,"  "  Halifax  "  and 
"Olivette."     The  former  was  launched 
from  the  Newport  News  Ship  Building 
and  Dry  Dock  Co.'s  works,  January  30. 
1896.     She  is  the  queen  of  the   North 
Atlantic   and   is  beautiful   in   form  and 
furnishings;    is  constructed   entirely   ot 
steel,  and  is  of  such  enormous  size  that 
only  the  most  recently  built  transatlantic 
evialhans  exceed  her  pro- 
portions.     She    measures 
405  feet  from  stem  to 
stern,  has  a  beam  of  47 
feet  9  inches,  and  ton- 
nage    in     jiroportion. 
Her  7000  horse-power, 
cjuadruple     expansion 
engines      drive      two 
manganese     bronze 
screws  of  huge  diame- 
ter.    No  crack  ocean 
liner  is  more  luxurious 
in     interior     appoint- 
ments.      The     wood- 
work  of  mahogany  and  quar- 
tered oak  is  beautified  wherever 
gootl  taste  suggests  it  by  rich 
and  elaborate  carvings. 
A   stairway,   handsome 
enough  for  a  royal  pal- 
ace,   and    a     veritable 
masterpiece      of      the 
wood-worker's    art, 
with  elaborate  newels 
carved     from     special 
designs  in  Paris,  leads 
from  the  social  hall  on 
the  upper  deck  to  the 
grand    dining   saloon. 
This     is    a     spacious, 
well-lighted     room    of 
ample  capacity  and  charm- 
intr    mural  decorations   in 
To  the  traveller 
accustomed    to    the     usual    half- 
lighted  and  sombre-toned  steam- 
ship dining-   saloon    that  on  "  La 
Grande  Duchesse"  is  a  pleasing 
revelation.     Us  furnishings  are  in 
exceedingly  good   taste,    and    the 
table  service  of  silver,  china  and 
glass  ware  of  the  tinest.     On  the 
same  deck  are  the  officers' dining 
rooms,      telephone 
e  X  c  h  a  n  g  e  , 
through   wliicli 
all  dei)artments 
of  the  ship  an- 
in   speaking 
communication 


wiiite  and  gold. 


Hawks- 


witli  cacli  otlier, 
and  a  large  num- 
ber o  t  state- 
I'ooms.  Above 
the  dining  room 
istiie  large  social 
liall,  and  on  the 
same  deck  the 
smoking  room  for 
gentlemen,  and 
the  observatory 
for  the  ladies. 
This  latter  is  a 
novelty  on  ocean 


■^■M^^^i^'^^^m^^.'^ii^n^ 


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SS&m^^ 


*'  None  of  the  towns  are  larjje,  but  all  look  bri(;ht  and  invitinf^  with 
their  white  houses  and  gieen  backi^round." 


Steamships,  and  illustrates  the  desire  of 
the  I'lant  IJne  to  furnish  everything  ]5os- 
sible  for  the  comforts  of  its  patrons.  It 
is  a  s]iacioiis  room,  l)uilt  of  steel,  and 
surrounded  with  windows.  It  is  taste- 
fully furnished,  and  i)eing  on  the  upj^er 
deck,  affords  tlie  ladies,  in  inclement 
weather,  an  opportunity  to  enjo\-  an 
unobstructed  view,  while  perfectly  ])ro- 
tecled  from  wind  and  rain. 

All  the  social  halls  and  main  deck 
are  finished  in  mahogany  as  well  as  the 
ladies'  observatory.  Tne  second-class 
social  hall  and  reception  room  are  fin- 
ished in  quartered  oak.  Every  modern 
contrivance  for  comfoil  and  convenience 
is  found  upon  this  superb  ship.  .She  is 
electric  liglited  from  mast  top  to  stokers' 
hole. 

Electric  bells  and  telej'jhoncs  connect 
the  staterooms  in  all  parts  of  the  ship. 
She  has  fine  bath-rooms  and  barber  shoii, 
and  all  the  appurtenances  of  a  |)alatial 
hotel.  "  La  Grande  Duchesse  "  has  twin 
srrewsof  manganese  bronze,  and  engines 
of  7000  horse-power  of  the  quadruple  ex- 
pansion pattern.  She  has  accommoda- 
tions for  700  passengers,  and  is  in  every 
particular  and  detail  as  handsome  and 
perfect  an  example  of  modern  ship  con- 
struction as  it  would  be  ]K)ssible  to 
find  upon  any  sea.  She  will  run  reg- 
ularly between   lioston  and   Halifax,  al- 


ternating with  the  "Olivette,"  while  the 
"Halifax"  will  run  as  usual  between 
Boston  and  Charlottctown,  touching  at 
Halifax  each  way.  The  latter  ship  was 
built  on  the  Clyde,  and  is  260  teet  in 
length,  having  a  breadth  of  35  feet,  a 
tonnage  of  1750,  and  triple  expansion 
engines  of  3000  horse  power.  She  is 
electric  lighted  throughout,  has  bath- 
rooms, electrical  call-bells,  a  grand  sa- 
loon, handsome  smoking  rooms  and  a 
broad  ])romenade  deck,  the  staterooms 
being  particularly  coinfortable  and 
roomy.  The  "  Olivette  "  was  constructed 
at  the  famous  ship-building  yards  of  the 
Cramp's,  at  rhiladelphia,  and  is  fourteen 
feet  longer  than  the  "  Halifax,"  but  other- 
wise of  about  the  same  ]M'oportions. 

Tlieir  ])assenger  accommodations  are 
?uperb,  the  arrangements  and  furnish- 
ings of  the  staterooms  exceptionally  com- 
fortable, many  of  them  being  en  suite. 
The  sides  and  ceilings  of  the  dining  sa 
loon,  social  hall,  etc.,  .ire  finished  in  lin- 
crusta,  and  the  wooti  .\ork  is  of  heavy 
walnut,  highly  polished.  As  the  "Oli- 
vette "  was  built  specially  tor  passenger 
service  her  deck  accommodation  for 
promenading  and  lounging  is  convenient 
and  roomy. 

The  visitor  to  the  Provinces  should 

not  fail  to  spend  a  jiortion  of  his  time  oi> 

Cape  Breton,  the  Switzerland  of  America. 

It  may  be   reached    either  via 

■^    Halifax.taking  the  Intercolonial 

Railway    through    Truro    and 

,    New  Glasgow  to  I'ortMulgrave 

on    the   Straits    of    Canso,    or 

by  steamer  of  the   Plant  Line 

around   the  southern    shore   of 

Nova  Scotia  from    Halifax    to 

llawkesbury,    directly     across 

the  Straits  of  Canso  from  Port 

Mulgrave. 

From  here  the  chief  places 
of  interest  in  the  interior  may 


i;SS«'4'-'f 


"  Upon  altnost  every  inlet  of  the  sea  is  located  a  little  village," 


"  I'he  steamer  on  i's  journey  throunh  the  >lras  d'Or  lakes  touches  at  various  interesting  little  settlements 
where  contentment  and  happiness  are  everywhere  '-vident." 


l)e  reached  eillier  I)y  rail  or  by  boat. 
The  killer  is,  from  every  point  of  con- 
sideration, the  most  inlerestiiij^,  tiie 
roiile  l)eiii}^  from  Miilgrave  around  a 
point  of  Cape  lireton,  and  tiiroii<jli  a 
beaiiUftil  arciiipelago  of  islantls  to  St. 
Peter's  Canal,  which  connects  tiie  l>ras 
d'Or  lakes  at  their  western  and  soiitii- 
ern  end  witii  tlie  Atlantic.  This  lour 
hours'  trip  is  made  upon  a  most  com- 
loi'table  steamer,  and  is  full  of  attrac- 
tive features  from  the  start  to  the  finish. 

The  ])anorama  of  islaiul  anil  sea  is 
ever  changing,  and  the  journey  may  be 
coni|)ared  to  that  on  ihe  St.  Lawrence 
througii  th;i  TiuHisand  Islands.  The 
steamer  tiaiclu-s  at  several  little  villages, 
whose  v\'liile-painled,  scattering  collages 
lools  irom  a  distance,  as  Charles  Dudley 
Warner  has  so  ha])pily  said  :  "  Like  a 
flock  of  sheep  on  the  hillside,"  and  then 
passes  through  the  locks  and  canal,  into 
the  iJras  d'Or,  and  thence  througii  the 
lakes  to  Sydney  and  NfMlii  Sydney, touch- 
ing at  liaddeck,  Whycocomagh  and 
other  points  en  route. 

Mr.  Warner,  whose  ilelighli'ul  and  in- 
teresting little  book,  "liaddeck  and  that 
Sort  of  Thing,"  has  been  for  years  a 
classic  in  the  literature  of  travel,  says 
of  tiie  Bras  d'Or  lakes  :  "  They  are  the 
most  beautiful  salt-water  lakes  1  have 
ever  seen,  and  more  beautiful  than  I  had 


imagined  a  body  of  salt  water  could  be. 
If  tiie  reader  will  lake  the  map,  he  will 
see  that  two  narrow  estuaries,  the  (ireat 
and  Little  liras  d'Or,  enter  the  Island  of 
C.-ipo  Lreton,  on  the  ragged  northeast 
coast,  above  the  town  of  Sydney,  and 
llow  in,  at  length  widening  out  and  oc- 
cupying the  heart  of  the  island.  The 
water  seeks  out  all  the  low  pl.'ices,  and 
ramifies  the  interior,  running  away  into 
lovely  bavs  and  lagoons,  leaving  sleiuler 
tongues  of  land  and  ])icluresque  islands, 
and  bringing  into  the  recesses  ot  the  land, 
to  the  remote  country  farms  and  settle- 
ments, the  flavor  of  salt,  and  the  fish  and 
moUusks  of  the  briny  sea.  There  is  very 
little  tide  at  any  time,  so  that  the  shores 
are  clean  ami  sightly,  for  the  most  pat-l 
like  those  of  fresh-water  lakes.  It  has 
all  the  pleasantness  of  a  fresh-water  lake 
witli  all  the  advantages  of  a  sail  one.  In 
the  streams  which  run  into  it  are  the 
speckled  tiout,  thechad  ami  the  salmon  ; 
out  of  its  de])ths  are  hooketl  the  cod  and 
the  mackei'el,  .,nd  in  its  bays  tatten  the 
oyster.  These  irregular  lakes  are  about 
;i  hundred  miles  long,  if  you  measure 
them  skilfully,  and  in  some  |)laces  ten 
miles  broad  ;  but  so  indented  are  they 
that  I  am  not  sure  but  one  would  need, 
as  I  am  informed,  to  ride  a  thousand 
miles  to  go  round  them,  following  all  its 
incursions  into  the  lantl." 

Supjjlementing  this 
ilescription,  no  less  an 
aulhority  than  .Sir  W.  C. 
\'an  Ilorne,  the  President 
of  the  Canadian  Pacific 
Railroad,  and  a  great 
traveller,  has  said  of  the 
lake  region  of  Ca]ie  lire- 
ton  :  "  There  is  nothing-  » 
I  have  ever  seen  on  the 
American  Atlantic  sea- 
board resembling  the  in- 
lets which  eNjiand  into 
seas    in     tiie    interior    oi 


"  The  villages  with  their  white  painted  cottaRcs  looking  from  a  distance  like  a 
flock  of  sheep  on  a  hillside." 


rsH 


Cape  Dreton,  and  there  are  no  waters 
that  I  knuw  nearer  than  the  fjorils  of 
Norway,  or  tliose  of  the  liritisli  Cokuii- 
Ijia  coast  and  Alaska,  to  be  compared 
witli  them  in  l)eauty  and  interest." 

I'rof.  Sumichrast,  of  Harvard  College, 
sums  up  the  whole  matter  in  a  paragrajjli 
that  is  well  worth  (|uolinj^  ; 

"I  have  been  down  throui,di  the  Isl- 
and shootinjr;  iished  at  Lake  Ainslie 
antl  on  the  ^largaree  River;  visited  an- 
cient Louisburg  and  all  the  interesting 
portions  of  Isle  Madame,  and  I  must  say 
Cape  Breton  is  one  of  the  most 
beautiiul  ])laces  I 
have  ever  visit- 
ed. Art  as  yet 
has  done  little  or 
nothing  for  Cape 
Breton,  but  na- 
ture has  been  jjro- 
fusely  lavish  in 
her  gifts.  Sylvan 
retreats  ;  roman- 
tic glens;  wild 
mountain  gorges; 
m  a  g  n  i  fi  cent 
lakes;  deep,  swift- 
ly-gliding rivers  ; 
gently  undulating 
plains;  good, 
level  intervales,  studded  with  stately 
American  elms;  gorgeous  bays;  rush- 
ing brooks  ;  delicious  springs  ;  healthy 
atmosphere,  and  an  intelligent,  fun-lov- 
ing Scotch  race  of  people,  hospitable  and 
humane  to  a  fault,  an  J  ))rosperous  and 
contented  with  their  surroundings  and 
in  tlieir  circumstances — this  is  Cape 
Breton.  Fish  and  game  are  plentiful  in 
their  season,  and  I  know  no  place  where 
a  man  can  spend  a  couple  of  months 
with  his  rod,  his  dogs  and  his  gun,  more 

enjoyably    than 
on  this  fascinat- 
ing island." 
The  j  o  u  r  n  e  y  u  p 
through  the  lakes  from 
St.  Peter's  Canal  occu- 
l)ies  a  full  day,  for  there 
are    many  landings  to 
')e     touched     at     and 
manv  miles  of  tortuous 
course  to  be  followed  in 
reaching  them.     At  each 
|)lace    there  is  an  inter- 
change    of     passengers 
aiul   many  c]u;'.int   sights 
to  he  seen.    Al  one  place 
it  will  be  a  crowd  of  Mic- 


'  Pushing  their  canoe  into  quiet 
recd-grown  bays." 


mac    Indians    just   down 
fi-om   tlie  mountains,  with 
shoidder  hampers  loadedV 
with  plump,  luscious  l)lue- 
berries,    wiiich    grow    so 
abundantly      hereabouts. 
At  another  it  will  be  a  mix- 
ture of  Ciaelic  back-country- 
nien,   accompanied  on  their 
annual    tour   to  Sydney  liy 
their  women  and  chihiren. 
And  thus  it  goes.     The  trip 
is  one  of  ever-changinir 
interest,    for    when 
the     ever-present 
panorama  of  lovely 
scenery  is  not    en- 
gaging   attention,    it    is    some     unusual 
quaint  picture  of  human  interest. 

The  most  important  places  on  the 
Iiras  d'Or  lakes  are  V.hycocomagh 
(pronounced  by  the  natives  "Ilogamah"), 
Grand  Narrows  and  Iiaddeck.  The  lat- 
ter has  attained  ([uite  a  degree  of  fame 
through  Mr.  Warner's  widely-read  book, 
but  latterly  because  cpiite  an  aristocratic 
colony  of  summer  residents  ha\e  erected 
beautiful  homes  here. 


*'Kvcry  now  and  then  lazy  herons 
are  startled  into  flij^ht," 


"You  may  still  find  primitive  ferry  boats 
making  daily  trips." 

Prof.  Alexander  Graham  Bell,  the 
inventor  of  the  telephone,  owns  a  whole 
mountain  of  looo  acres,  upon  which  he 
has  expended  $200,000  on  roads.  Upon 
its  southern  slope,  up  toward  the  summit 
and  overlooking  a  wide  ])anorama  of 
lake  and  mountain,  he  has  erected  a 
$35,000  residence,  and  near  it  a  fully 
equip])e(l  laboratory  where  he  conducts 
his  exjieriments  in  electricity.  This 
beautiful  estate  bears  very  appropriately 
the   Scotch    name    of    Beinn    P.hreagh. 


I 


•■  1  he  uiil  cluirch  .it  liailclcck.  » litre  scrncci  arc  stil' 
conilucled  in  tlie  Gaelic  tongue.  ' 

(ieorge  Keiinan,  the  Russian  traveller 
and  lecturer,  also  has  a  fine  residence  at 
Ikiddeck,  and  he  and  his  charming  wife 
have  explored  every  bay  and  inlet  of  the 
lakes  and  all  the  'inland  seeluded  fast- 
nesses, living  for  weeks  at  a  time  on 
tlieir  yacht  or  in  camp.  Mr._  Kennan 
is  an  outsjiokeii  enlhusiast  on  Cape  Bre- 
ton, and  expressed  to  the  writer  his  be- 
lief that  there  was  no  more  beautiful, 
picturesque,  or  fascinat- 
ing region  anywhere. 

liaddeck  is' a  (juaint, 
sleepv,  half-open-eyed 
village.  Mr.  Warner,  to 
([uot'e  him  again,  says: 
••  Having  attribvted  the 
quiet  ot  liaddeck  on  Sun- 
day to  religion,  we  did 
not  know  to  what  to  lay 
the  ([uiet  on  Monday,  but 
its  peacefulness  contin- 
ued. I  have  no  doubt 
that  the  farmers  began  to 
farm,  and  the  traders  to 
trade,  and  the  sailors 
to  sail,  but  the  tourist 
feels  that  he  has  come  to 
a  haven  of  rest."  This 
was  written  twenty  odd 
years  ago,  but  it's  the 
'same  Ikidiieck  to-day.  You  will 
the  same  delightful' air  of  ciuiet 
repose    everywhere    manifest,    anil 


cool  air,  compounded  of  sea 
and  hemlock,  and  spend  days 
or  weeks  in  this  climate  and 
health-giving  lyradise,  where 
the  very  living  is  a  joy. 

The  country  around  about 
liaddeck     is    a'    most     pictur- 
escjuely  wild  and  beautiful  re- 
gion.    No  one  who  can   afford 
The  time  should  ful    to  sjiend 
several  days,  or,  better,   weeks 
in  ex|)loringit.     For  t'lshermen 
and  hunters    it    is  a  paradise. 
The  Margaree  River,    reached 
easily   from    liaddeck,    is    the 
famous  salmon  stream  of  Nova  Scotia, 
and  every   one  of  the  scores   of  crystal 
brooks  are  alive  with  trout. 

"  St.  Anne's  liay,  most  beautiful  of  all 
on  the  island,  is  'but  ten  miles  north- 
ea^lerlv  ;  and  beyond  the  wdd  northern 
shore  stretches  iuvay  to  Ingonish  and 
Cape  Smokv,  the  tip  end  of  the  conti- 
nent, bomurbva  line  of  stupendous  cliffs 
and  mountain's,  back  of  them  the  vast 


"  l.ook  where  you  mav  on  ihe  I'ras  <1'<  ii 
one  of  entrancing  beauty. 


T,  the  view  is 


t^nd 
and 
you 


can,  now  as  then,  look  out  over  the  same 
beautiful  expanse  of  glistening  water 
with  its  setting  of  purple  hills.    You  may 

1)  r  e  a  t  h  e 
that 
c  i  o  u 


tablelands  of  X'ictoria  Count) ,  covered 
with  primeval  forests,  over  which  roam 
undisturbed  herds  ot  caribou.  A  drive 
along  this  coast,  or,  better,  a  journey 
afoot,  depending  on  the  warm  and 
homely  hospitality  of  tiie  Ciaelic  settlers, 
rev(;ai's  a  mode  of  living  that  tor  absolute 
primitiveness  is  nowhere  e(|ualled  on  our 
continent.  Here  are  seen  grinding  of 
corn  bv  hand  stones  ;  timber  hewn  in  a 
similar' crude  manner,  or  sawn  by  nulls, 
liome-made;  while  from  every  door 
comes  t!ie  sound  "I  spinning-wlieel  or 
click  of  shuttle  in  the  tamily  loom.     Not 


The  Residence  of  Alex.  Graham  Bell,  near  Daililerk. 


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"  BadJcck  siracRlcs  aim 
seldoi 


vine  shores  of  a  tranquil  bay  wlitss  waitra  are 
>c(l  by  sbips  i)f  commerce." 


less  interesliiifj  are  tlie  Micmac  Ii,  lans, 
who  pitch  t'leir  \viy;\vanis  on  the  hillside 
at  iJatldeck,  their  iierinanent  settlements 
beini^f  at  Iiulian  Cove  aiid  at  I.scasoni 
near  (irand  Narrows." 

The  iSrasd'*  )r  Lakes  connect  with  the 
ocean  at  tiieir  eastern  end  through  two 
long  arms  or  channels,  and  near  the  con- 
fluence of  ocean  and  sea  are  located  the 
towns    Hi  of  Sytlney  and  ^N'orthSvd- 


— r./.i^^vT.  f 'f-i 


"  The  jail  at  I'addcck.  which  was  torn  down 
because  of  lack  of  use  " 

ney.  The  former  has  enormous  coal  and 
shipping  interests,  and  while  it  has  many 
quaint  features,  is,  as  a  whole,  such  a 
town  as  one  can  find  many  times  dupli- 
cated in  the  coal  regions  of  Pennsylvania, 
with  the  added  features  of  one  of  the 
finest  harbors  on  the  Atlantic  seaboard, 
in  which,  so  the  statistics  of  the  place 
show,  more  than  fifteen  Inindred  steam- 
ships and  sailing  vessels  entered  and 
cleared  last  year.  Sydney  is  the  termi- 
nus of  several  of  the  Kurojiean  cables,  as 
it  is  nearer  Europe  than  any  other  jilace 
on    this   continent,    and    a    visit    to    the 


offices  of  the  company  is  worth  the  mak- 
in-'-.  It  is  the  centre  of  llie  enormous 
coal  interests  of  Cape  liretoii,  and  all 
about  it  are  the  mines  from  which  lum- 
drcds  of  thousanils  of  tons  are  taken 
annuahv,  a  large  jiroiwrtion  of  the  coal 
used  in'both  New  York  and  Boston  lor 
making  gas  being  mined  near  Sydney. 
Svdnev  has  one  of  the  best  liotels  in 
Cape  lireton. 

Al)out  thirty  miles  from  Sydney, 
reached  by  the  Sydney  and  Louisburg 
railwav,  is  Louisl)urg,  once  counted 
among  the  strongest  fortified  places  of 
the  world.  To-day  its  ram- 
ji  a  r  t  s    arc 


I 


"  The  quiet,  peaceful  streets  of  taddeck  ' 


"  Ihc  valley  of  the  Mar(;aree  River  in  f'ape  llr=ion  is  a  paradise,  ihe  stream  ilscli  offering  ilie  linest 

salmon  fishing  in  America." 


ruins,  witli    hardly    one  stone  standing 
upon  another. 

"Once    it    was  a  city  with  walls  of 
stone  which  made  a  circuit  of  two  aiul  a 
half  miles,  were  thirty-six  feet  hij^h,  and 
of  the  thickness  of  forty  feet  at  the  base. 
For  twenty-five  years  the    French   had 
labored  upon  it,  and  had  expended  up- 
wards oftliirty  millions  of  livres  or  near- 
ly six  million  dollars  in   completintf  its 
defences.     It   was  called   the    'Dunkirk 
of  .America."    (iarrisonetl  by  the  veterans 
of  France,  ami  with  jiowerful  batteries 
commandinj^  every  point,  it  bristled  with 
most  potent  ])ride  of  war.      To-day  it  is 
difficult  to  trace  its  site  amonj;  the  turf 
which  marks  the  ruins.     Desolation 
now  sits  wiih  a  ghastly  smile  around 
the  once  formidable  bastions.    All  is 
silent  except  the  loud  reverberation 
ofthe  ocean,  whose  surfsur<^esalon;^ 
the  rocky  beach.     Seldom  lias  dem- 
olition   been    more   comijlete.      It 
seemed   built  for  all  time;    it    has 
vanished  from  the  face  ofthe  earth. 

"  Its  ca])ture  by  the  undisciplined 
New  I'2ngland  farmers,  commanded 
by  William   Pepperell,  a  merchant 
ignorant  of  tiie  art  of  war,  is  one  of  tlie 
most  extraordinary  events   in  the  annals 
of   history.     The   zealous  crusaders  set 
forth  upon  a  task,  of  the  difficulties  of 
which  they  had  no  conception,  and  they 
gained    a   triumph  which    should  make 
their  names  as  immortal  as  those  of  the 
'  noble  six  hundred.'    It  was  a  feat  with- 


out a  parallel — a  marvel  among 
the  most  marvellous  deeds  which 
man  has  tiared  to  do. 

"  Restored  to  France  by  the 
leace  of  Ai.x  la  Chapelle,  Louis- 
Hirg  was  once  again  thestrong- 
liold  of  France  on  the  Atlantic 
coast,  and  l''rench  veterans  held 
Cape  Hreton,  the  key  to  the  Gull 
ofSt.  Lawrence.  The  brief  truce 
was  soon  broken,  and  then  came 
the  armies  of  England,  and  Gen- 
eral Wolfe  sought  ami  won  his 
first    laurels    in 


■The  camps  of  the  Micmac  Indians,  where  birch  baric 
Cannes  are  made  by  the  squaws  " 


vhere  birch  bark 
laws  " 


t  li  e  n  e  w 
world. 
Louis- 

burg  fel 
oiiceniore 
and  tlie  knell  o 
its  glory  was 
rung.  The  con- 
quest of  Canada 
achieved,  the 
edict  went  forth 
that  Louislnirg 
should  be  de- 
stroyed. The  work  of  demolition  was  be- 
gun. The  solid  buildings,  formed  of 
stone  brought  from  France,  were  torn  to 
pieces  ;  the  walls  were  pulled  down,  and 
the  batteries  reiulereil  useless  for  all 
time.  It  took  two  years  to  complete  the 
destruction,  and  then  the  once  proud  for- 
tress was  a  shapeless  ruin.  Years  passed 
by  ;  the  stones  were  carried  away  by  th.e 
dwellers  along  the  coast  and  put  to  - 
peaceful 
uses  ;  anc" 
the  hand  o 
time      was 


"Sydney  is  the  tip-end  town  on  the  North  .\merican 
continent.'' 


f  ob- 
litcr- 
ition. 
Time 
h  a  s 
)  (■  t:  li  more 
iiu  iciiul  than 
ni.ui  ;  it  has 
coNfied  the 
gloomy  ruin 
with  a  mantle 
of  green  and 
has  iiealed  the 


gaping  wounds 
which  once  rendered  ghastly  the  land 
that  nature  made  so  lair.  The  surges 
of  the  Atlantic  sound  mournfully  upon 
the  shore — the  reciuiem  of  l.ouisburg, 
the  citv  made  desolate." 

The  motlern  Louisbuig,  a  place  of 
I, coo  inhabitants,  takes  on  ([uite  a  little 
commercial  importance.  Its  fine,  deep 
water  harbor  opens  dii-ectly  out  on  the 
Atlantic,  and  many  boats  engaged  in 
fishing  on  the  bank's  off  Newtoi.ndlaiul 
call  it  their  home  port.  One  of  the  sights 
of  the  place  is  the  hands,  ne  monument 
dedicated  last  year  to  commemorate  its 
capture  bv  Capt.  I'epperell  and  his  New 
]-".iigland  yeomen.  A  project  which  has 
beeu'talked  of,  oil' anil  on,  fur  years, 


"Ihe  building  in  which  one  of  the  transatlantic  caDles 
ends  at  North  Sydney." 


is  to  make  Louisbur^'  a  port  of  caii 
for  transatlantic  steamships,  so  tiiat 
passengers  could  save  time,  and  a 
thousand  miles  ofocean  voyaj^iny,  by 
taking  or  leaving  the  steamers  here. 
Any  one  having  laiiii  in  the  material- 
ization of  this  scheme  can  at  present 
secure  corner  lots  in  Louisburg  at 
figures  which  will  allow  of  consider- 
able rise. 

Tliose  who  wisli  to  visit  the  land 
made  lamous  by  Longfellow  in  liis 
"  Evangeline  "can  take  tiie  Dominion 
Atlantic  Railway,  leaving  Halifax 
every  morning.  The  route  for  the 
first  few  miles  out  of  Halifax  is  ex- 
ceedingly attractive,  with  its  many 
views  of  Bedford  ]5asin,  but  after 
the  last  glimpse  has  been  liad  of  this 
ever-beautiful  sheet,  tliere  is  nothing 
to  interest  the  traveller  until  Windsor 
is  reached.  It  is  a  dreary  stretch  of 
rocks  and  stunted  pines,  with  here 
and  there  a  pond  hemmed  in  by  un- 
inviting shores.  Windsor,  until  its 
recent  destruction  by  fire,  was  one 
of  the  ]irettiest  towns  in  Nova  Scotia. 
It  contained  3,500  inhabitants,  a  jire- 
tentious  college,  and  was  the  home 
of  the  genial  and  witty  Haliburton, 
author  of  "Sam  Slick,  tiieClockmak- 
er,"  etc.     The  town  is  being  rebuilt. 

The  town  occupies  a  promontory 
tween  the  Avon  and  St.  Croix  rivers. 
It  is  a  considerable  commercial  centre, 
and  from  liere  vast  quantities  of  ])laster 
are  shipped.  The  Avon  Ri\'er,  which  is 
in  reality  an  arm  of  the  Bay  of  Minas 
(itself  a  part  of  the  greater  Bay  of  Fun- 
dy),  cuts  up  strange  pranks  because  of 
the  tremendous  tides.  Twice  every 
twenty-four  hours  the  water  all  runs  out 


be- 


"There  arc  many  spots  where  ne  could  pitch  his  tent  amid 
beautiful  patches  of  woodtand." 

of  the  wide  river,  leaving  shiiis  higli  and 
dry  on  the  mud,  and  twice  it  flows  back 
again  to  such  a  depth  that  the  largest 
vessels  can  sail  anywhere  over  its  swift- 
running  surface.  This  is  the  stream 
which  led  Charles  Dudley  Warner  to 
exclaim:  "  I  never  knew  how  much  water 
added  to  a  river  until  I  saw  tlv-;  Avon." 

Here,  asat  most  of  the  ]iorts  on  the  Bay 
of  Fundy  and  its  estuaries,  the  shi])s  have 
to  watch  their  chance  and  slip 
U])  to  their  moorings  on  the 
rush  of  the  incoming  tide,  for 
when  it  turns  it  goes  out  like 
a  whirlwind,  and  vessels  are 
left  dry  to  tlie  keel,  cradled  in 
the  ooze,  wliile  far  above  their 
decks  is  the  dripping  wharf. 
In  many  places,  as  at  Digby. 
where  there  is  a  depth  of  wa- 
ter sufficient  to  allow  boats  to 
reach  tlie  dock  at  all  hours,* 
the  wharfs  are  built  double, 
one  far  below  the  other,  for 
use  at  low  tide.  It  is  a 
strange  and  novel  sight  to 
those  unaccustomed  to  it,  to 
aland  oil  the  deck  of  a  steamer 


"  The  hill    have  drawn  apart  and  ihc  tiaspcieau  Vatity  spreads  out 
its  verdure  covered  meadows  " 


and  see  theiip- 
p  e  r  wharf 
above  the  top 
of  the  smoke- 
stacks, while 
p  e  o  ])  1  e  are 
comingaboard 
or  leaving  the 
steamer  over 
the  slimy,  bar- 
nacle-encrust- 
e  d  lower 
wharf,     wiiich 

was  an  hour  or  so  ag  j  thirty  feet  under 
water. 

Westwartl  from  Windsor  the  coun- 
try takes  on  a  different  character.  Bar- 
ren rocky  slopes  have  given  away  to  fer- 
tile fields.  The  hills  have  drawn  apart 
and  the  Gaspereau  Valley  spreads  out 
its  verdure-covered  meadows  and  luxuri- 
ously foliaged  orchards  on  every  hand. 
Over  to  the  right  sparkles  the  Bay  of 
Minas,  and  outlined  on  the  ho.-izon  is 
grand  old  Blomidon,  that  majestic  bas- 
tion, keeping  faithful  sentinel,  as  in  the 
days  of  Evangeline,  over  the  turbulent 
waters  which  rise  and  fall  with  mighty 
force  at  its  rocky  base,  guarding  the 
peaceful  valley  from  the  cold  north  winds 
and  sea  fogs  which  hover  on  its  frowning 
summit,  as  if  afraid  to  trespass  further  on 
the  fair  lands  below. 

And  here  lies  Grand  Pre,  the  home  ot 
the  Acadians,  the  spot  where  was  writ- 
ten or-of  thesadtlest  and  most  romantic 
pages  in  the  history  of  Xorlh  America. 
Ea"ly  in  the  seven'teenth  century  there 
came  from  France  a  goodly  company  of 
immigrants,  and  settled  here.  Dikes, 
with  which  the  tides  were  kept  from  the 
meadows,  were  built,  and  great  crops 
gathered  upon  the  reclaimed  land.  Pros- 
peritv  came  and  gentle  peace  spread 
wide'  its  protecting  wings  over  these 
faithful  people.  The  Indians  loved  them 
and  were  beloved  in  turn.  Little  heed 
paid  thev  to  aught  about  them  savethe:r 
dnilv  toii.  For  it  was  a  fair  prospect 
that  stretched  away  from  their  liiatciied 


which  resemble  New 
ngland  in  their  rural  beauty." 


cottages.  Througli  the  winding  ways  of 
the  marshes  tiie  hurrying  tides  of  Minas 
rushed  back  and  forth,  while  their  cattle 
waxed  fat,  their  crops  grew  heavy,  and 
the  days  came  and  went  in  happy  un- 
eventfuhiess. 

When  France  and  Great  Britain  went 
to  war,  the  Acadians 
being  intense  Roman 
Catholics,  considered 
it  a  crusade,  and 
fought  valiantly  for 
the  cause  of  their  na- 
tive land.  Then  came 
the  ceding  of  Nova 
Scotia  to  the  British, 
and  soon  after  the  de- 
mand upon  these  sim- 
ple-hearted people 
that  they  should  take 
the  oath  of  allegiance 
to  the  British  crown. 
They  rebelled  and 
showed  hostility.  The  English  settlers, 
who  hungered  after  these  fairest  lands  in 
all  the  province,  fretted  because  they 
were  held  by  an  alien  ])eople.  Yet  the 
Acadians  sowed  and  reaped,  unmindful 
of  everything  save  their  loyalty  to  their 
God  and  their  native  land. 

"  Thus    dwelt    tii),'ftlRT    in    love    these    simple 

Aciulian  I'artncrs, 
Dwelt  in  the  hne  of  God  and  man.     Alike  were 

they  free  from 
Fear,  that  rei^'ns  with  the  tyrant,  and  envy,  the 

vice  of  republics. 
So   passed   the   morninpf   away.      And    lo,   witli    a 

summons  sonorous, 
Sounded   the   bell   from   its  towers,  and  over  the 

meadows  a  drum  beat." 

For  the  Brilisli  Council  at  Halifax  had 
decided  that  these  kindly  people  must 
either  take  the  oath  of  allegiance  to 
Great  Britain  or  be  deponed  from  the 
country. 

Almost  unanimously  they  refused  to 
take  the  oath,  preferring  exile  and  con- 
t'lscation  to  such  an  act,  and  seeming  to 
regard  their  neutrality  of  the  past  forty- 
hve  years  as  having  become  a  vested 
right.  Diplomacy  and  argument  were 
tried  in  vain,  and  it  was  resolved  that  the 
whole  Acadian  people  should  be  ban- 
ished to  the  southern  American  colonies, 
and  that  their  estates  and  buildings,  cat- 
tle and  vessels,  should  be  declared  for- 
feited to  the  crown. 

'•Thron^jed  ere  lonj;   was  the  church  with  r:en. 

Without,  in  the  cliurchyard, 
W.iited   the  women.     They  stood   by  the   grcives, 

and  hunfj  on  the  headstones 


Garlands  of  autumn-leaves  and   cvernrocns  fresh 

from  the  forest. 
Then  came  the  tjuard  from  theships,  anil  marching 

Iiroudiy  anion^j  them 
Entered  tlie  sacred  portal.     With  loud  and  disso- 
nant clangor 
Echoed  the  soun<l  of  their  brazen  drums  from  ceil- 
in;;  and  casement, — 
Echoed  a  moment  only,  and  slowly  the  ponderous 

portal 
Closed,  and  in  silence  the  crowd  awaited  tlie  wiil 

of  tlie  soldiers. 
Then  up  rose  their  commander,  and  spake  from  the 

steps  of  the  altar, 
Holding  aloft  in  his  hands,  willi  its  seals,  tlic  royal 

commission. 
'Ye   are   convened    this    day,'     he   said,     '  liy   his 

Majesty's  orders. 
Clement  and  kind  has  he  been  ;  but  how  have  you 

answered  his  kindness? 
I.et  your  own  hearts  reply  !     To  my  natural  make 

and  my  temper 
I'ainful  the  task  is  I  do,  whicli  to  you  1  know  must 

be  grievous. 
'Vet  must   I   bow  and  obey,  and  deliver  tlie  will  of 

our  monarch  ; 
Namely,  that  all  your  lands,  and  dwellings,  and 

cattle  of  all  kinds 
Forfeited  be  to  the  crown  ;  .ind  that  you  yourselves 

from  this  province 
Be  transported  toother  lands,     (lod  },'rant  you  may 

dwell  there 
Ever  as  faithful  subjects,  a   happy  and  peaceable 

people  ' 
Prisoners    i.iw    I    deehire   you,    for    such     is    his 

Majesty's  pleasure.' 
There  disorder  prevailed,  and  the  tumult  and  stir 

of  embarking. 
Busily  plied  the  freighted  boats  ;  and  in  the  con- 
fusion 
Wives  were  torn  from  their  liusbands,  and  mt^thers, 

too  late,  saw  their  children 
Left    on    the    land,   extending    their   arms,   with 

wildest  entreaties. 
Suddenly  rose  from  the  south  a  light,  as  in  autumn 

the  blood-red 
Moon  climbs  the  crystal  walls  of  heaven,  and  o'er 

the  horizon 
Titan-like  stretches  its  liundre  1  hands  upon  moun- 
tain and  meadow. 
Seizing  the  rocks  and  the  rivers,  ,md  piling  huge 

shadows  together. 
Broader  and  ever  broader  it  gleamed  on  the  roofs 

of  the  village. 
Gleamed  on  the  sky  and  the  sea,  and  the  ships  that 

lay  in  the  roadstead. 
Columns  of    shining   s:noke  uprose,  and 

flashes  of  tlame  were 
Thrust  tiirough  their  folds  and  withdrawn, 

like  the  quivering  hands  of  a  martyr.      n 
Then  as  the  winds  seized  the  gleeds  and 

the  burning  thatch,  and  uplifting,  . 

Whirled  them  alolt  through  the  air,  at  once  * 

from  a  hundred  house-tops 
Started  the  sheeted  smoke,  with  flashes  of 

flame  intermingled. 

Many  a  weary  year  had  passed  since  the  burn- 
ing of  Grand  Pre, 
When   on   the  falling    tide  the   freighted   vessels 

departed. 
Bearing  a  nation,  with  all  its  household  gods,  into 

e.xile. 
Exile  without  an  end,  and  without  an  example  in 

story. 
Far  asunder,   on  separate    coasts,   the    .\eadians 

landed  ; 
Scattered  were  they,  like  flakes  of  snow,  wlien  the 

wind  from  the  northeast 
Strikes  aslant   through    the   fogs  that  ilarken  the 

Banks  of  Newfoundland. 
Friendless,  homeless,  hopeless,  they  wandered  from 

I  ity  to  cit> . 
From  the  cold  lakes  of  the  North  to  sultry  Southern 

savannas, — 


From  the  bleak  shores  of  the  sea  to  the  lands  where 
the  Father  ot  Waters 

Sx'izes  the  hills  in  his  hands,  and  drags  them  down 
to  the  ocean, 

Deep  in  their  sands  to  l.ury  the  scattered  l-imes  of 
the  mammoth. 

I'rieni's   they   sought  and  homes;  and    many,  de- 
spairing, heart-broken. 

Asked   of  the  earth   but  a   grave,  and  no  longer  a 
friend  or  a  fireside. 

Written  their  history  stands  on  tablets  of  stone  in 
the  churchyards." 

LoN(.iEi.i.ow's  Evangi-line, 

"All  history  ])resents  no  ]iarallel  to 
the  sjiectacle  of  the  tleporiaiioii  of  the 
Acadians.  Nations  have  been  ])iit  to  tiie 
sword,  and  peoples  not  enijajjed  in  war- 
fare have  l)een  massacred.  In  our  own 
cenliny  tlie  ineffable  Turk  descended 
upon  a  ]ieaceful  comn''unity  during  the 
(ireciau  war,  and  wip<-tl  it  iVom  the  face 
of  the  earth.  The  same  ]iower  is  now 
fiendishly  at  work,  while  the  civilized 
world  looks  on,  to  blot  out  from  existence 
the  Armenians.  But  never  was  a  nation 
rooted  out  of  the  soil  and  ruthlessly  scat- 
tered to  the  four  quarters  of  the  earth  in 
a  brief  s|)ace,  as  were  the  French  in- 
habitants of  Nova  Scotia.  It  is  strange 
that  so  fruitful  a  thenie  for  the  poet  and 
novelist  has  been  so  little  made  use  of. 
Longfellow,  alone,  has  immortalized  it  in 
his  epic,  in  which,  iiowever,  while  the 
facts  may  be  idealized,  they  do  not  de- 
part in  substance  from  the  truth." 

The  railroad  running  from  Grand 
Pre  westward  takes  the  traveller  through 
the  Cornwallis,  (iaspereau  and  Annapo- 
lis valleys  in  turn.  Each  is  a  beautiful 
region,    dotted   with   prosperous  farms, 

gre.it  orchards, 
and  here  and 
there    de- 


r 


"(juiet  bays  and  inland  tidal  basins  aloni;  the 
shore  line." 


'A  relic  of  the  j^cneralions 
Rone. ' 


lii^litful  villages, 
in  winch  the  .sum- 
mer iouri:^t  will 
liiul  plain,  whole- 
some inns  and  the 
clioice  of  many 
p  ri  vate  homes, 
which  are  thrown 
open  to  summer 
boarders.  W'olf- 
viUe  and  Kentville 
are  most  desirable 
jioints  at  wiiich  to 
spend  a  day  or  a 
s  11  m  m  e  r  .  T  h  e 
roads  round  about  are  exceliei.l,  and  as 
the  price  of  horse  hire  in  this  country, 
as  everything  else,  is  exceedingly 
cheap,  it  is  easily  possible  for  the 
tourist,  making  these  places  a 
centre,  to  visit  all  the  region 
round  about,  including  several 
pretty  resorts  on  the  l!ay  of 
Funcly  shore. 

Kentville  is  a  charming  little 
leaf-embowered  and  elm-shaded 
village  tucked  in  between  the 
hills.  Prof.  Richards  paints  this 
pretty  pen  picture  of  this  quaint 
and  quiet  little  town  : 

"  The  valleys  wind  unexpect- 
edly, and  liie  enclosing  banks  are 
abrupt.  Tiie  tidal  stream  of  the 
Cornwallis,  twisting  through  its 
narrow  strip  of  meadow,  is  met 
here  by  achatteringaniber  brook 
set  thick  with  willows.  The  brook  washes 
the  dooryards.  There  are  unexpected 
l)ridges,  and  green  shade  dapples  the 
streets.  I'.very  turn  gives  i  new  and 
haunting  jiiclure,  and  one  feels  as  it  the 
place  iiad  been  planned  in  a  dream.  The 
air  is  wholesome,  especially  kiiidlv  to  the 


throat  or  weak  lungs.  The  streets,  wind- 
less though  shady,  are  warm  in  summer  ; 
but  it  is  only  a  step  to  climb  the  surround- 
ing bluffs  and  come  out  into  the  breezes 
and  wiile  views  of  Cornwallis.  The  view 
from  Canaan  Heights,  several  miles  back 
of  the  town,  is  one  not  to  be  fjrgotten. 
Kentville  has  a  charming  social  lile, 
many  families  of  culture  having  settled 
in  the  neighborliood.  It  has  also  an  ex- 
tensive business  as  the  capital  and  trad- 
ing centre  of  the  rich  county  of  Kings. 
It'has  an  excellent  hotel  close  to  the  sta- 
tion, tiie  Aberdeen,  large,  comfortable, 
and  modern  in  eciui])ment  ;  and  smaller 
hotels,  with  good  accommodation,  are 
numerous. 


"  In  the  heart  of  the  primeval  fores'  where  the  camps  of  the 
hunters  arc  estnb  islieil." 

"The  Cornwallis  \'alley  Railway  is 
a  short  branch  of  the  Dominion  Atlantic, 
running  from  Kentville  through  Canning 
and  the  lieart  of  the  apple  country,  the 
greatest  and  most  famous  cf  all  those  in 
North  America,  to  Kingsport,  a  distance 
of  fourteen  miles.  Canning  (eleven  miles 
from  Kentville)  is  a  typical 
farming  town,  surrouiuled  by 
rich  meadows,  its  jilacid  streets 
buried  in  leafage.  Its  comtort- 
able  inn  is  (juaint  and  ohl- 
fashioned.  Tiirough  Canning 
flows  a  narrow  tidal  stream, 
the  Habitant,  once  a  large  riv- 
er, but  now  almost  silted  full. 
The  heavy  crops  of  clover  and 
timothy  now  wave  where  of  old 
large  .shijis  came  in  upon  the 
flood  to  Canning's  wharves. 

"  From  Canning  it  is  but  a 

short  drive  across  the   Fereau 

_      to  the  foot  of  North  Mountain 

«      and      the     famous     Look-(  HI. 


only  for  its  sub- 
lime  breadth, 
l)ut  for  the  variety  uf  its  love- 
liness. Tlie  local  enthusiast 
will  tell  you  that  you  are  gaz- 
ing'into  live  counties — Kings, 
Annapolis,  Hants,  Cumber- 
land, nd  Colchester — but 
this  fact  is  a  vcy  insigniti-  ••riiej 

cant  iu-ni  in  the  inipressive- 
ness  of  the  seen-.  From  yiur  feet  the 
mountain  siile  falls  away  abruptly,  a 
mass  of  foliage  palpitating  with  colored 
lifht.  Far  down,  as  if  you  could  (b^op 
a  pebble  into  it,  lie  the  basking  roofs  of 
Tereau,  ilrenched  with  sun." 

Kiiigsi)ort,  the  teriniiuisof  the  branch 

front  Kent- 
ville,  is  one 
of  the  lead- 
i  n  g  s  h  i  p- 
b  u  i  1  d  i  n  g 
centres  on 
the  n<)  rt  h 
.\  t  1  a  n  t  i  c  , 
aiul  a  prom- 
inent |)  n  r  t 
for  oce;in 
s  t  e  a  m  e  r  s 


Hiiney  along  the  shores  of  the  liay  of  Minas  and  in  and  uui 
of  the  many  bays." 


in  tlie  np])le  and  potato  tr.ide.  It  lies  on 
the  western  shoi'e  of  the  Basin  of  Minas, 
and  puts  up  (|uite  pretentious  claims  as 
a  summer  resort.  It  is  one  of  the  spots 
in  Nova  Scotia  which  the  touidst  should 
not  overloiik,  for  it  has  an  iin-igorating 
ciini.ite  ;ini!  exhilarating  ouiiook,  good 
batiiing  and  several  comfoi'table  inns. 
Then,  too,  it  is  the  starting  point  of  one 
of  the  most  delightful  side  trips  in  the 
Trovince — that  u])on  the  twin  screw- 
steamer  "  Evangeline,"  whose  captain 
is  a  uniformed  yet  genial  encyclopaedia 
of  ail  the  traditions  of  the  fabied  shores 
around  which  his  staunch  craft  plies. 
The  steamer  hugs  close  to  the  land  line, 
passing  under  t!ie  frowning  lieights  of 
Caiie  Iiliimidon,  whose  upper  portion  is 
one  sheer    perpendicular  wall   of   rock, 


Ihc  Micmac  Indians  are  at  home 
in  canoes." 


out 

on 
as, 
as 
ots 
Jkl 

10(.l 

ns. 

)ne 

tlie 

ew 

ain 

dia 

res 

ies. 

nc, 

,  of 

1  is 

ick, 


Irom 


wliile  the  lower  iuilf  is  a  slope  of 
(lizzvin^'-  steepness.   In  tlie  storm- 
eaten  crevices  of  the  red   sant 
stone  cling  the  birches  and  olliei 
trees  which  conceal,  by  a  rag 
ged  carpel  of  foliage,  the 
"sterner  features  of  Ijlomi- 
don's  rocl<y  face.     After 
passing  Ametliyst  Cove, 
where,      in      the      early 
spring,     many     beaiitifu 
specimens    of    this    lilac 
crystal  are  brought  down  by  me  thaw- 
ing  of  the    ice    in    tlie    rocky   fissures, 
SjMt  Rock,  okl  IMomi. Ion's  rival,  is  seen 
standing  in  boUl  relief  against  the  sky, 
with  the  huge  sliver  torn  away  from  the 
parent  rock  by  some  stupendous  convul- 
sion, standing  alone  and   apart 
like  a  solitary  sentinel.    Tiie 
entire     trip      of    the 
"  Evangeline  "across 
the   IJasin    to    Parrs- 
boro,  on  the  Cumber- 
luul  shore,  is  intense- 
ly interesting.       The 
village  of  Parrsboro 
is  a   brisk  town    and 
the    centre  of  a    fine 
fishing  and  shooting 
region.       Tiie    Cum- 
berland peninsula   is 
famous     for     moose, 
and   the  surrounding 
streams   are  literally 
alive  witli  trout  and  salmon, 
and    have    been    but    little 
fished  as  yet. 

Sportsmen  tell  prodigious  stories 
of  the  fishing  and  shooting  in  the  , 
Maritime  Provinces,  and  they  are  '  . 
not  ..verdrawn,  for  no  country  offers 
greater  attractions,  where  in  the  still  soli- 
tude of  thj  forests  nature  has  provided  a 
home  and  a  iiiding  place  for 
•^ame  and  fish. 

N  o  \'  a  Scotia 

'rout   and  salmon 

waters  ai^e 

at    t  h  e  i  r 

jest     in 

Ma\'     and 


"The  Tos' Office,  Dominion  DuiMinp;  and 
Governor's  Mansion  at  Charlottetown." 

J  une.    Following  the  salmon  come  the  sea 

trout  late  in  June  and  through  July  ;  then 

thegreat  lustv,  silver anfl  vermilion  fish, 

all  full  of  ganie  and  all  fre(iuenting  both 

s.ilt  and  fresh  waters.     There  is  usually 

gooti    trout    fishing    in    most    waters  in 

St-ptcmber,  and  during  the  same  month 

there  is  the  fall  run  of  sea  trout.     The 

slack  month  for  fiy  fisliing  is  August.^ 

:  The  brook  troi'it  is  t<    be  met  with  in 

every  lake,  or  even   pond,  throughout 

the  i'roviiices.     One   cannot  walk  far 

throagli  the  depths  of  a  forest  without 

hearing  the  gurgling  of  a  rill  of  water 

amongst  the  stones' beneath,  the  moss. 


'  l;oth  the  residence  anil  Duslness  portion  of  (Jliarlottetown 
have  a  prosperous  look  " 


Follow  this  hiddrn  stream 
;i  little  way  and  you  will 
soon  come  upon  a  sparldiii;. 
brook  fringed  by  waving, 
ferns  and  varied  by  crysta 
pools  in  which  is  mirrored 
the  overhanginjj  foliaj^e. 
The  trout  is  sure  to  l)e  here, 
and  on  your  approach  darts 
under  the  shelter  of  the  pro- 
jecting-  roots  of  the  mossy  bank.  A  little 
further,  and  a  windings  laiie  of  still  water, 
skirted  by  graceful  maples  and  birches, 
leads  to  the  open  expanse  of  the  lake, 
where  the  gloom  of  the  heavy  woods  is 
exchanged  for  clear  daylight.  'This  is  the 
"  run  in,"  as  it  is  called',  and  here  the  lake 
trout  will  always  be  found,  ready  for  the 
bait  at  all  times  of  the  year.  A  creel  of 
two  or  three  dozen  of  these  speckled  beau- 
tics  is  certain  to  be  your  reward  for  hav- 
ing found  your  way  to  these  wild 
but  enclianting  spots.  Fre- 
(piently  tlve  dozen  handsome 
trout,  weighing  from  one  to 
three  pounds  ajnece,  have  been  ' 
taken  in  a  single  hour  in  some  ' 
of  the  tavorite  Nova  Scotia 
streams. 

The  sea  trout  closely  resem- 
bles its  brother  of  the  brook  in 
shape  and  color.  The  size  at- 
tained by  this  fish  along  the 
coast  varies  from  three  to  five 
pounds.  The  favorite  localities 
are  the  harbors  with  which  the 
coast  is  indentetl.  When  hooked 
In-  the  l]y  fisherman  on  their  first 
entrance  to  fr^sh  .valer,  they  af- 
ford sport  second  only  to  th.at  of 
salmon  tishing.  Xo  more  beau- 
tiful fish  ever  reposed  in  an  an- 
gler's b.isket.  They  are  of  de- 
licious flavor,  and  are  entitled 
to  a  high  consideration  and  ])laceamon"- 
the  game  fish  of  the  Provinces. 

Excellent  camping  grounds  mav  be 
_found  upon  or  near  by  the  streams'and 
lakes,  and    Indian  guides,  who  are 
adept  at  camp  keeping  and  canoeing, 
and  who  are  familiar  with  the  loca- 
tions of  the  best  pools,  can   readily 
l)e  secured  in   all    localities'. 
They   generally   live  during 
the      summer     at      tiie 
mouths  of  the  rivers,  antl 
are  alert  at  making 
bargains  to  accom- 
panv      sporting 
parties. 


.As  a  rule 
aiisportsmen's 
sui)|)lies     may 
be    jnirchaseil    to 
advantage    in     Halifax, 
any  case  it   is   best  to 
flies    in    Xova    .Scotia, 
where    the     local     re- 
quirements    are     well 
known,  the   ISluenoses 
being  born  fishermen. 
Guides  usually  charge 
'    $1  a  day,  or  .$1.50  to  $2  with 
Ijoat,  and  can  he  secured  in 
any  town,   while  de;ders   in 
tackle      are      always     well 
as  to  localities   and    ready  to 
impart  information. 

From  Halifax  fishing  trips  may  be 
taken  either  by  the  several  coach  lines 
along  the  coast,  or  by  private  convey- 


"The  caribou 

informed 


"Gailicring  about  llie  b^ats  upon  the  return  to  camp  to  discuss  the 
spurt  of  the  day.'' 

ances,  which  are  to  be  obtained  at  rea- 
sonable cost.  There  is  good  sport  along 
the  western  shore  all  the  way  to  Chester 
and  Gold  River.  Indian  River,  twenty- 
one  miles  from  Halifax,  and  Ingram 
River,  twenty-five  miles,  are  also  good 
points,  as  is  Grand  Lake.  At  St.  Mar- 
garet's ISay  may  be  found  an  old-fash- 
ioned inn  and  good  guides.  Indian 
Lake,  about  eight  miles  fr^m  Halifax  on 
the  Prospect  Road,  Peters  Lake,  Spruce 
Hill  Lake  and  Nine  Mile  Ri\-er  are  good 
points  for  the  spring  and  summer  sport. 
It  is  inijiossible,  in  an  article  of  this 
length,  to  give  a  list  of  all  the  favorite 
places  for  sport,  but  th.is  infor.nation  can 


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le 

I's 

to 

1 


readi 
cured  in 
ifax  or  any  nt 
the  larger  or 
smaller       towns. 

No     reference     to  

fishin-jin  the  Prov- 
inces would,  however,  be  com- 
plete without  amentior  of  that 
most  famous  of  all  salmon  wa- 
ters, the  Margarre  River  in 
Cape    Ilreton.      This    is  easdy  "The mouse 

reached  from  I'.addeck,  and  runs 
throuj,di    a   country    so    beautifid,    that 
should  the  sportsman  fail  to  get  a  single 
rise,  he  would  be  abundantly  repaid  tor 

the  trip.  . 

Tiie  laws  regulati;,-  hslung  hx  the 
open  season  t(,r  sal- 
m  on  fro  m 
March  i  t./  Au- 
gust 15,  al- 
though they 
may    be  fished 


"  The  trapper  who  in  winter  malies 
his  rounds. 


tor  villi  a  lly  a 
month  earlier, 
that  is  from 
February  i.  No 
one  is  allowed 
to  tish  for  sal- 
mon between  6 
p.  m.  Saturday 
and  6  a.  m 
Monday,  or  fir 
any  other  tish 
in  waters  iVc- 
quentetl  by  sa!- 
ni  o  n  .  T  h  -j 
penalty  fur  vio- 
lation is  $30. 
Speckled  trout  may  be  fished  for  from 
■\pri!  I  to  October  1,  and  bass  at  any  unvi 
with  hook  and  line.  Non-residents,  upon 
arrival  in  the  Provinces,  are  reciuired 
to  pay  duty  upon  their  rods  and  tackle, 
but  a  receipt  is  given  by  the  customs  offi- 
cials, and  the  amount  returned  when  the 
fisherman  leaves  the  country. 

Shooting  in  Nova  Scotia  does  I'.ot  com- 
mence until  September  I5ih,  moose,  car- 
ibou   and    deer    being   protected 
for   the    nine    moiiihs    preceding^ 
that  date.     The  chief  ambition  of 
the    sportsman    who  visits   Nova 
Scotia  is  to  kill  a  moose,  the  male 
of  which    species    is    trequently 
eight    feet    high,    weighs    tilteen 
liundred  pounds,  has  horns  meas-    ;^ 
tiring  from  five  to  six  feet  I'rom  tip     "■ 
to  tip,  ami  as  much  fight 


''Nvlien    wounded, 
as     a      Rocky 
Mountain  grizzly 
bear.      In    Sep- 
tember and  Oc- 
tober moose  are  often  surprised 
and  killed  while  wading  in  the 
cool    waters    of    inland    lakes, 
where  thev  feed  on    the   roots 
and    stems    of   acpialic    jilants. 
Like  tl-.e  red  deer,   the    moose 
"  yard  "  in  winter,  tlie  "  yard  " 
consisting  of  a  cedar  or  spruce 
swamp,  round   or'  through    which    they 
make  beaten  tracks  in  their  rambling. 
\  vard  will  sometimes  be  found  by  luint- 
ers   containing  forty   or    fifty    animals. 
After  a  fresh  fall   of  snow,   hunters  on 
snow-shoes    can    easily     overtake     the 
moose,  whose  great  weight  causes  him  10 
sink  in  the  snow, but  this  is  a  kind  of  hunt- 
inn- looked  down  upon  by  the  true  knigl.t 
of^'the  gun,  and  not  considered  sports- 
manlike.    Indian  and  hall-breed  guides 
fretiuentlv   attract  moose    by    imitating 
their  cry,' the  animals  coming  cautiously 
towards  the  sound.     A  repeating  rifle  of 
heavv  calibre  is  a   necessity   m   moose 
hunting,  for  a  wounded  bull  moose  will 
invari:d)ly    turn    on    his   assailant.     N'o 
hunter  can  do  belter  than  make  his  tirst 
essav  at  moose  shooting  in  Nova  Scotia. 
There  are  in  this  province  three  recog- 
nized   sporting   districts,    of  which    the 
best  is  probably  the  western,  whic.i  takes 
in  all  the   countrv    to  the   west  ot  a  line 
drawn  from  Ilalil'ax  to  Yarmoutli.  Here 
moose  are  reported  plentiful  and  increas- 
in.--  in  number.     No  one  is  allowed  to  kill 
more  than  two  moose  or  four  caribou  in 
one  season,  the  penalty  for  violating  this 


in  hitn. 


"Watching  for  moose  from  the  camp 


T-^o-^     -flr«*irf-  ■ 


'^'SnilillHI^Ii^lll 


mtm 


jj' 


:^itfS' 


*'  I'rincc  Kdward  Island  is  a  quiet  region,  in  which,  if  time  is 
money,  every  man  is  a  milhonaire." 

law  l)einy  from  Sjo  lo  $200,  and  is  rigiilly 
enforced. 

Caril)ou,  or  American  reindeer,  are 
al)un(iant  in  Nova  Scotia  and  in  parts  of 
I'l'ince  l-Ldward  Island.  They  are  not 
as  larire  as  tiie  m'lost;,  rarelv  weiyliin''- 
more  than  500  ])ounds,  and  are  a  less 
dangerous  foe  wlien  wountletl.  Tliey  are 
light-colort'il,  almost  wliite  in  certain 
seasons,  and  ha\'e  l)ruad  iiorns  of  ti;L' 
elk  )iattern,  with  a  pccidiar  lormatidii 
wiiich  follows  the  liridge  of  tiie  nose  al- 
most to  its  tip,  jierfectiy  protectinj,^  it 
fi'om  the  altacl;s  of  its  fellows.  The 
common  red  deer  of  the  States  are  sel- 
dom, if  ever,  found  in  Xova  Scotia. 

Good  bird  shooting'  may  be  obtained 
in  almost  every  part  of  Nova  Scotia. 
Duck  and  snipe  abound,  ami  Enylish 
pheasants,  that  have  lately  been  imported, 
are  said  to  stand  the  winter  well  and  to 
be  increasing  rapidly.  In  many  sections 
capital    snort    may   be    b.ac!    witii    riiffe.l 


ouse,  wood- 
cock, snipe,  fjuail,  plover, 
ducks  and  geese,  which  are 
!0  plentiful  that  good  hags 
may  alwa\s  be  counted  on. 

Sportsmen,  not  residents 
of   Nova   Scotia,  must   take 
out  a  license  before  they  can 
enjoy  the  excellent  sport  they 
are  sure  to  have.     These  cost  $30 
each  for  the  season  for  all  large  game, 
and    $10   for  birds   and   hares.       1 
Thev    may   be    secured    at    the       | 
Provincial  Secretary's  office  in       f 
Halifax,     or    from     any    county 
clerk.      As   tiiere    is   a   penrdty, 
rangir^g   from    $30   to   $100,   for 
shooting  without  government  au- 
thorization, and  inasmuch  as  the 
jierson  tnied  is  liable  to  imprison- 
ment if  the  fme  is  not  paid,  it   is 
suggestecl    that    no    chances    be 
taken. 

Bicyclists  will  find  in  Xo\-a 
Scotia,  and  in  many  jiarts  of 
Cape     Breton,     as     well    as 
lliroughout    Prince 
Edward      Island, 
mostdeliglufulre- 
g  i  on      f o  r 
ci'oss  -  roiiii- 
t  r  y    r  u  n  s . 
The  I'oadr.  as 
a  g  e  n  e  r  a  1 
thing     are 
free     from 
s  a  n  d,    a  n  d 


"Une  I't  Cfiarlottctown's  churches.' 


\ 


p 


i 

i 


hurches.' 


"  Ihe  rugged  promontories  of  Cape  I'reton  which  withstand  I 
poundings  of  the  Nor.b  Atlantic  " 

well  kept  up,  and  as  tiie  people  are 
notable  for  their  hospitality  and  iVee- 
heartedness,  the  wheelman,  as  well  as 
the  whecUvoman,  is  sure  of  a  grace- 
ful welcome  at  any  of  the  thousands 
of  quaint  little  farm-houses  which  are 
found  along  the  rural  thoroughfares. 

The  Plant  Line  transports  bicycles 
free,  when  accompanied  by  the  own- 
er, provided  he  or  she  has  not  an  un- 
reasonat)le  amount  of  other  baggage. 
Tlie  Canadian  Government  collects  a 
deposit  of  duty  on  bicycles  when 
landing,  which  is  returned  when 
leaving  the  country.  .Members  of 
the  American  Wheelman's  League 
are  not  required  to  make  a  deposit, 
but  can  jiass  their  wlicels  on  presen- 
tation of  their  member- 
ship ticket. 

In     the    precedin;; 
pages  the  writer  has 


■■.^«i^S 


en,  in  a 
m  o  d  e  s  I 
w  ay,  to 
touch  up- 
o  n       the 


most  interesting 
features  of  what  is 
destined  to  be,  as 
soon  as  its  charms 
are  more  generally 
known  among  the 
travelling  public,  a 
great  and  p()|)ular 
vacatifjn  region. 

'W)    tlie    average 
miiul     Nova     .Scotia 
and   its    sister  prov- 
inces     are     locateil 
in      the      indefinite 
somewhere,    and    yet,    in    i)oint   of 
fact,  they    are  almost   at  our  very 
doors,     rind     their     peo])le    bid     a 
hearty   welcome    to  all  who    come 
to   their  fair    land.      Through    the 
enterprise    of    the    I'lant    Line  one 
may    walk    the    streets    of   Uoston 
to-dav,      and     to-morrow      be      in 
Ilalii.'ix  among    novel  scenes,    and 
in    a   country   as   foreign    in   all   its 
mannerisms  and   customs  as    it    it 
were  across  the  wide  Atlantic,  in- 
stead of  just  beyond  the  threshold 
of  the  United  States.     A  summer's 
tour  to  Acadia  will  long  be  a  happy 
memory  to  all  who  make  it,  and  if 
the  journey  thence  be  upon  one  of 
tlie  steams'hii)s  of  tiie  I'lant    Line, 
which      are     fur- 
nished    and     fin- 
ished with  every- 
thing to  make    a 
sea     trip     upon 
them  enjoyable,  it 
will    have    a  n 
added  pleasure. 

In  additif)!!  to 
the  tours  shown 
on  the  following 
page,  a  ])amphlet 
is  issued  by  the 
riant  Line  giving 
a  complete  set  of 
tours,  together 
with  their  prices, 
as  well  as  a  list  of 
boarding  -  houses 
and  hotels  in  the 
Provinces.  This 
pamphlet  will  be 
sent  free  on  ap- 
plication to  any  of 
the  agents  of  the 
Plant  Line. 


I 


"  Louisbur;;,  now  a  sleepy  risliiiig  town,  was  once  the  most 
strongly  fortified  spot  in  North  America. 


K    FEW  . 


5 


UMMI:PTOUPS  IN  ACADIA 


BY  THE  I'l.ANT  LINE  TO  HALIFAX,   HAWKESBURY 
AND  CHARLOTTETOWN.  .   .   . 


Halifax.  —  I'l.im    line    to     Halifax.         Reliirn    liy    the 

same  n>me. 

Hawketbury    or   Charlottetown.— I'lant  Mne    to 

Hawkesbiiry    or    Cliarlolletowii.       Return    by    tlie    same 
ruutu. 

Charlottetown.— I'lant  Line  to  Charlottetown;  Char- 
lollutown  Navigation  (.'oinpany  to  I'ictoii  ;  Intercolonial 
Railway  to  Halifax;   I'lant  Line  to  lioston. 

Baddeck.  —  Plant  Line  to  Hawkeslmry;  liras  d'Or 
Navigation  Company  to  liaildeck.  Return  by  the  same 
route. 

The  Bras  d'Or  Lake.*.— Plant  Line  to  Hawkesbury ; 
Bras  (J'Or  Navigation  Company  to  Sydney.  Return  by 
the  same  route. 

Plant  l,ine  to  Hawkesbtiry  ;  liras  d'Or  N'avi^;alion  Com- 
pany to  Sydney  ;  Intercolonial  Railway  to  Hawkesbury,  or 
vice  versa;   Plant  Line  to  lioston. 

Plant  Line  to  Hawkesbury:  liras  d'Or  NMviiiation  Com- 
pany to  Sydney  ;  Intercolonial  Railway  to  Halil'a.\  ;  Plant 
Line  to  lioston. 

Plant  Line  to  Halifax  ;  lntercoloni.nl  Railway  to  Sydney  ; 
Bros  d'Or  Navigation  Company  to  Hawkesbury  ;  Plant 
Line  to  Boston. 

Three  Pre 'ices. — Plant  Line  to  Charlottetown  ;  .'. 
E  I.  Railway  to  Summerside ;  Charlottetown  Navigation 
Company  to  I'oint  du  Chene ;  Intercolonial  Railway  to 
Halifax  ;   Plant  Line  to  lioston. 

Plant  Line  to  Charlottetown;  P.  F..  1.  Railway  to  Sum- 
merside ;  Charlottetown  Navigaliim  Company  to  Point  du 
Chene ;     Intercolonial    Railway     to     St.    John ;     Steamer 


"  Prince  Rupert'  to  Piuby  ;  Dominion  Atlantic  Railway 
to  Halifax  ;   Plant  Line  to  lioston. 

Plant  Line  to  Halifax :  Pominion  Atlantic  Railway  to 
Pinby;  Steamer  "Prince  Rupert"  to  St.  J<ihn  ;  Inter- 
c(.lonial  Railway  to  Point  du  Chene  ;  Charlottetown  Navi- 
gation Company  to  Summersiile;  P.  K.  1.  Railway  to 
Charlottetown  ;  Plant  Line  to  lioston 

Cape  Breton  and  Quebec— Plant  Line  tn  Hawkes- 
bury;  liras  d'Or  Navigation  Com)]any  or  Intercolonial 
Railway  to  Sydney  ;  Intercolonial  Railway  to  Point  Levis; 
ferry  to  (Quebec  ;  Orand  I'runk  Railway,  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  or  R.  is:  U.  Navigation  Company  to  Montreal; 
rail  hues  to  lioston. 

Quebec  and  Montreal.-  Plant  Line  to  Charlottetown  ; 

p.  K.  \.  Railway  to  Summerside  ;  (Quebec  Steamship  Com- 
pany to  (Jueber  ;  (Irand  Trimk  Railway,  Canadian  Pacific 
Railway  or  R.  8:  O.  Navigation  Company  to  Montreal; 
rail  lines  to  lioston. 

Plant  Line  to  Charlottetown;  P.  E.  I.  Railway  to  Sum- 
merside;  Charlottetown  Navigation  Company  to  Point  du 
Chene;  Intercolonial  Railway  to  Point  Levis;  ferry  to 
Quebec  ;  Grand  Trimk  Railway,  Canadian  Pacific  Railway 
or  R.  &  O.  Navigation  Company  to  .Montreal;  rail  lines  to 
liostim. 


OTHER    TOURS. 

Persons  desirous  of  going  to  other  points  and  by  other 
routes  not  indicated  in  the  foregoing  will  be  given  figures 
on  application  to  the  agents  at  Huston  or  Halifax. 


RATES   FOR  ABOVE   TOURS  ON   APPLICATION   TO   AGENTS. 


GENERAL    INFORMATION. 

Relative  to  Local  Rates  of  Passage,  Meals  on  Steamers,  Prices  of  Stateroovis. 


RATi:S  OI-  lAKK  i)HT\vi:i:n  hdston  .\NI) 
H.M.IIAX.  IN   UITIIER  UIRHCTIO.N:    .     .     . 


HALIFAX  SERVICE. 

First-Class,  one  way,  including  berth  in  cabin  (meals  and  stateroom  berths  extra\  $   6.50 
First-Class,  excursion,  including  berth  in  cabin  (meals  and  stateroom  berths  extra),     12.00 

Herth.s  in  staterooms,  .sold  only  to  passengers  holdiiif;  first  class  or  excursion  tickets,  $I.OO  to  $3.00 
each,  according  to  size  and  location  of  rooms.     Two  berths  in  each  room. 

Meals  :— Dinner,  75  cts.     Breakfast  or  Supper,  50  cts. 

CHARLOTTETOWN  SERVICE. 

First-Clas;:    one  way,  including  berth  in  cabin  (meals  and  stateroom  berths  extra>,    $  8.50 
First-Class,  excursion,  including  berth  in  cabin    meals  and  stateroom  berths  extra),      15.00 

KATIIS  OF  1-ARIi  BMT  .VIUiN  BOSTON  AND  CHARLOTTETOWN 
First-Class,  one  way,  including  berth  in  cabin  (meals  and  stateroom  berths  extra),  $10.00 
First-Class,  excursion,  including  berth  in  cabin  (meals  and  stateroom  berths  extra),       18.00 

Berths  in  stateroom,  $1.50  to  $3.50  each  ;  l\v()l)erlhs  in  each  loom.     Limited  number  family  rooms, 
accomniodaliiig  three  or  more  persons  at  $5.00  and  upwards  per  looin,  according  to  size  and  location. 

Meals  :-Dinner,  75  cts.    Breakfast  or  Supper,  50  cts. 


RATES    <1I-     FARE     nETWF:EN 
HOSroN   A.sT)   IlAWKi;slURV: 


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PLftNT    LINE" 


'■i 

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•TAUNCM  STCCL  PASSCNQCR  STEAMSHIPS 


■  CTWECN 


BOSTON   AND   HALIFAX,   NOVA   SCOTIA,  CAPE   BRETON  AND 

PRINCE  EDWARD  ISLAND. 


SUMMER     SERVICE,     BI-WEEKLY 


Through  to  Charlottetown,  P.  E.  I.,  calling  at  Halifax  and  Hawkesbury,  C.  B. 
ONLY  ONE   NIGHT  AT  SEA  TO   A    FOREIGN    LAND! 

Send  lor  lieaiuifuUy  Illnsiratcii   Literature. 


J.  1.  1  ARNSWORTII. 

EastVrn  !'.'.f.-.i-:ii,-er  Ai,"j;it. 

290  Brn.i.hvay.  N.  V. 


I.  ...  l-I.ANni-KS. 
\>«    iMljjI.inil  Aljoilt. 

■2m  \V,\shMn;toii  St.,  llciston,  Mass. 


H.  II.  DOWNING, 

A^feiit, 

I.e»i»  Wii.irf.  lioslull,  Mass. 


H.  B.  PLANT. 

President. 


,M.  F.  PLANT, 

Viiv-Presiilent  .in<l  M.m.iner 


H.  L.  CHIPMAN, 

Canailian  Ajtcnt, 

liaiifax.  N.S. 

B.  \V    WKI'NN. 

Passf'i^jer  Traflic  Mai\,l|{er. 


PLANT 


.Hi:  HLAX'T  S^^S^l:M 


p 


The  Favorite  Route  to  the  Favorite 
Resorts  beyond  the  Frost  Line.  -**  -^ 


The  h'iiK'^t 

Hotels. 


PLANT 

System 


TIk"  Best 
Shootini;, 


The  Kiiiest 
Fiihing. 


The  Most 
Enjoyable 
Boating, 
Sailing  anii 
Bathing 
are  found 
on  the 
Gult"  Coast 
ot  Florida. 


9i^ 


Plaiit   System 

nAIUVAY,    STEAMER  /Vll** 

8TK 

8li< 


AND  ;#      5»\V 

:amsiiip  lines,       -/     y,U»» 

■lowing   Lornllon  uf  .'  '\  \  %f,  _ 

Plant  System  Hotels.  /        AV^^    „    ''"^  \%\ 

PLANT  L     '/   naTn^':„u^"-  "— -^y:*  ^ 


PrDf^rciUi 


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JAXAIIA^ 

C  4  B  I  iJ   B  E  .1  y 


S  E  A 


■Dif  Sl.-S   C,i.,   Bi-iT.ilu^.V  r. 


Th.' 

Cull  Coa^t 
of  Florida 
is  the 

Health  and 
Pleasure 
Seekers' 
Paradise. 


The 

Lines  of  the 

Plant 
System 

reach  the 
Finest 
Health  and 
Flcasuic 
Resoits  of 
Florida. 


PLANT  STEAMSHIP  LIME 


S, -,20  Miles  of  Pert'ect  Passenger  Service.     Luxurious  Passenger  Trains,  with  Pullman's  Finest  Sleeping 

Cars  Attached,  between  all  Points. 

npcr.ilini,'  iii.iv:iii'iLL-nt  sIlcI  p.-i^>fni,'ir  ships,  ,  .uryiii^'  I'liiteil 
Sl.ilus  Ni.liN.  s.lilin^'  frt.iii  Tort  I  ,iiiip,i,  I'l"ri,li.  m  UMlailiiiiir  .1 
rcLiul.ir  ihrcc   In  live    tiincs    weekly    silieilule    lir    Key    West, 

Hloriil.i.  .ma  n.iv.nn.i,  I'uli.i.  ,ill  the  ye.ir  r.iuii;!,  .lud  m.ikiin,'  ute^isiniial  trips  durinn  tli.-  winter  I"  .I.un.iiia.     Wlieliever  yi.u  visit  Moria  i  or 

Ciil>,i,  by  wh.itcver  route  ynu  take,  lie  sure  tli.il  your  tiekcls  re.ul  vi.i  I'Liiit  Sjstem. 

....THE  GULF  COAST  HOTELS  OF  FLORIDA... 

REACHED  VIA  PLANT  SYSTEM : 

lAMl'A  MAY   llorr.I.,  TAMPA.  FLA.— Wuh  Cisiii".  Theitrie  a  1  1  lU  r    MV1:KS    IIOll  I..  \-.<\<r    Mvi:ns.   l-i.  A  — •  ipeii  .Iimi.iry 

Aiiait^nuin  ,ui<l  Swimming   P.t.rl  ,itt,i,  lie*!.      Finest  l\,ue   rr;i'-k  tn  .\pril.  « 

in  tlie  S.inlh.      I'nsiirp.issea  r,..il"  Links,     open  Oeieinlier  t.i         ;        {ii  AI.A  UiiL'il  .  n(Ai..\.  Fl.A— '  ip -n  ill  the  ye  ir. 

'^'"'''  :         rill     11F.L1.I£\  IF.W,  IIKLI.KAIK.  l'l..\  —  i|>."'  I  inu.irvt'i  April. 

TMF:    INN".    I'lilil-     TAMPA.    I'l.A  — llp.-H  .ill  the  \eir.  ,.  ,  .        , 

Till-    SK.MINol.i:.    UlNIKU    I'AUK.     1-I.A— (Muli    liiiniry  t..  TH  I!  K  ISSIM.MF.l;.  K  IsslMMFK.  MA.— c  ipen  .Imniry  1.  April. 

April.  iMilf  L'liks. 

Dunni;  Su ler  se.isi.il.    i.Klress  M,iii.ii;ers  of  Hotels,  it  IJ   West  Wl  Street,   New    York,  f  .r  inform  itioH  .is  to  r:Hes  .ma  ronnis ;  .uul  to 

rcpreseiit.itiv,  sl'isseimer  Tr.illie  Department  I'lant  System  shown  below,  for  nil  ,\na  steamship  rates  aiul  sclieaules,  sleepmj;-c,ir  reservations,  etc. 

W.  V,  I.ll-Si;^'.  nivision  I'assenijer  Airent.  )        .!■  .1    I- AKNSWilKTIl.  Fastern  Passenir  r  Ai;ent. 

TAMPA.   FLA.  ■  Jtlil  lir^.i.lwiV.  NKW  \...:.{. 

1    A     1-I.ANI)1KS,  New  Fnt'laiul  PasseniiT  Ai;ent.  }         L.  A.  BFLL.  W .  ,tern  Fa^seliner  Ai,'ent. 

.".Ill  Wishintjton  Street.  lioSTON.  MASS.  ^'>'i  1  1  irk  Mreet.  C  llir\.,.i.  ll  I.. 

H.  B.  PLANT,  B.  DUNHAM,  B.  W.  WRENN. 

President.  General  Superintendent.  P.iss'r  Traffic  M'g'r,  Savannah,  Ga. 


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BOSTON  TO  HAWKESBURY. 569  MILES. 

BOSTON  TO  CHARLOTTETOWN..., 663  MILES. 

HALIFAX  TO  HAWKESBURY. .180  MILES; 

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